(meteorobs) Las Vegas fireball sighting

[skywise]

I too am new to the group, having been advised of it after seeing
a fireball on the 4th of Jan as well, from LA. So apologies if
I'm not following proper form.

Here's a copy of my post to a satellite observing group.

    Time: 17:43 Jan 4, 2005 (0143 UTC Jan 5)

    Location: LA Area, Stanton CA
    -118.00 33.80

    Travelling due east from zenith. Was seen out a window so only
    saw ending. I saw only bright white, but mother, who called my
    attention to it, saw green as well. Terminated about 30 degrees
    altitude.

    It appeared as bright as airplane landing lights seen head on
    from about 10 miles away. (I have seen planes turning to land
    at John Wayne airport from about that distance)

    This was not man made, was travelling way too fast.

Comparing the description to what Jennifer just described, I think
we saw the same event.

I had also heard there was meteorite fall in Wisconsin, but I
doubt this was the same event. The great circle route to Wisconsin
from my location is about 45 azimuth whereas my sighting was at
90 degrees and headed the same.

Brian

jennifersherer wrote:
> I'm new to this group and new to reporting a sighting, so I apologize 
> in advance for lack of detail that one probably reports for a 
> sighting. I was just glad to find a place to report the sighting!
> 
> Here's what I can relay:
> -location: Las Vegas, NV
> -time: Tuesday, Jan 4th at around 5:45pm PDT
> -seen while driving so position details are sketchy (I was merging 
> onto the freeway)
> -came almost straight down (slight angle from my top left to bottom 
> right. I was facing south and beginning to turn west at the time)
> -it moving relatively slowly... compared to shooting stars I've seen
> -was still brurning when I lost sight of it behind low level 
> buildings and the freeway I was merging onto.
> -I called our local non-emergency line but no one else had called in 
> about it at the time
> -it was very bright and had a long tail... it was a burning orange 
> with a green cast... I don't recall the destinct colors of the tail 
> vs the body, unfortunately
> 
> I checked local news sources etc. and haven't found any mention of 
> it. It was breathtaking.
> 
> This was different than any meteor shower I've seen. I've only seen 
> one other thing like this (fireball) and that was many years ago in 
> the San Francisco Bay Area. I remember it looking just like this one.
> 
> Cheers!
> Jennifer
> 
> 
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