(meteorobs) Mystery cloud observation... eastern Ontario

[Dan Wright]

To: MeteorObs

Just so you know, as the chief investigator for the Michigan chapter of MUFON (Mutual UFO Network), I monitor MeteorObs and SeeSat every day for observations such as this and compare them to similar descriptions of "UFO" reports to the MUFON website. MUFON international is then able to squelch the misidentifications before they gain any traction.  

Your website and ongoing discussion is a valuable source to us for IFO reports. Thanks, and keep up the good work.

Dan Wright

cc: Jan Wisniewski

----- Original Message -----
From: C.L. Hall
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 10:50 AM
To: MeteorObs
Subject: (meteorobs) Mystery cloud observation... eastern Ontario

Fwd from the RASC email list in Canada

- Cathy Hall

----- Original Message -----
From: Jan Wisniewski <jwisn at sympatico.ca>
To: RASCals Discussion List <rascals at lists.rasc.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 9:57 PM
Subject: [RASCals] Bizarre meteor train


> Hi, Did anybody notice bright fireball over eastern Ontario this evening
> sometime around 8:30 pm EDT?
> I got a call from my friend who noticed strange glowing cloud about 45 deg
> above horizon toward SSW. Getting outside, I have noticed it immedately
with
> naked eye. Through binoculars it had the most bizarre shape: a narrow cone
> of light (brightest at the apex, forming about 20 deg. fan) crossed at the
> wide end by diffuze but bright X. It was located between pi and iota
> Herculis at that time (about 8:50 pm) and basically filled the field of
view
> of 10x50 binoculars. By 9:05 it drifted in front of gamma Draconis  and it
> was getting weaker. I could still notice it as just an elongated patch of
> light close to epsilon Draconis at 9:18 pm EDT.
>
> Obviously due to ominous shape and sudden appearance, my friend (who did
not
> see a fireball) was a bit concern about the time left to sort his matters
on
> this world... There may be many concerned voices in the local press in
days
> to come (well, probably numerous UFO claims as well ;-). On my side, after
> thinking about narrow loop of aurora for a few minutes, I eventually came
to
> suspect meteor train. This one was probably relatively head-on due to a
> compact size. There was not usual twisting by upper atmosphere winds -
just
> general fading- and bout 30-40 min. duration was not unusual.
>
> I am interested if anybody on the list saw or heard about it. It may have
> been a bright meteor - too bad I always see only their trains ;-(
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jan Wisniewski
>
>
>
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