(meteorobs) Fireball sighting southern UK 16 - 17th July 2005?

[David Entwistle]

In message <000c01c58aea$fded60e0$4501a8c0 at koenyscooter>, Koen Miskotte
<k.miskotte at wxs.nl> writes
>Hello,
>>From Belgium Bruno Nolf saw a big fireball on 16 july at 20:19 UT. It moved 
>from a height of 20 degrees in a west-southwest direction to a height of 
>aprox. 5 degrees. Magnitude estimated at -8 (!). During a short time a 
>"smoke trail" was visible. No sounds heared. Observation done from Otegem, 
>Belgium.
>I got this message throught VVS list, a list for Belgium and Dutch amateur 
>astronomers.
>Regards,
>Koen
>

Koen,

Thanks for the report. Can you confirm that at 20:19 UT the Sun is still
well above the local horizon? So, we're talking about a daylight
fireball sighting. 

-- 
David Entwistle