(meteorobs) Re: Las Vegas fireball sighting

[Robert Lunsford]

Wayne and All,

This particular fireball was also seen in Southern California. You can see 
Jennifer's entry and the other three witnesses in the AMS 2005 Fireball 
table located at: http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball/fireball_log.html

Clear Skies!

Robert Lunsford

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Watson" <sierra_mtnview at earthlink.net>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>; 
<JSHERER at DRIVE-ON-IN.COM>
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Las Vegas fireball sighting


> Very good to see your report. Good job. I'd say the chances of anyone 
> seeing it from Calif. were slim to none. West of the Sierra from you, the 
> skies have been dismal for weeks, and we are about to get pounded once 
> again by storms. It's possible someone did see it from Ca, more likely 
> from someone in NV or AZ in your area. I have a meteor camera here near 
> Sacramento, but haven't turned it on for 8-10 days because of the bad 
> seeing. You can get some idea of its coverage by looking at 
> <http://home.earthlink.net/~mtnv95959a/meteor_beginnings.html>. We are 
> slowly coordinating meteor camera activity in CA with other observers in 
> CA and NV, but there are really only a few cameras in the state. The ones 
> on my sight are the most active. We appreciate visual sightings too. There 
> are people who specialize in visual observations, and I'm sure they will 
> respond to your data for entry into meteor databases.
>
> (A furious wind just kicked up. Should be a real interesting storm heading 
> through here today and tomorrow.)
>
> 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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>              Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
>                  (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
>                   Obz Site:  39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet
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