(meteorobs) Fw: Fireball Report October 5,2005 5:05, Effingham,Illinois

[Mark Davis]

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From:    NAMN Fireball Reports <namn at namnmeteors.org>
Subject: Fireball Report October 5,2005  5:05, Effingham,Illinois
Date:    Wed, 5 Oct 2005 20:52:29 +0000

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Your Town/State/Country? Effingham Illinois U.S.A.


Date and Time? October 5,2005  5:05


What compass direction did the fireball appear from? west?


What compass direction did the fireball DISAPPEAR from? East


How long, in seconds, were you able to see it in the sky? 3


How many degrees off the horizon was it when it APPEARED?
(As a reference, a closed fist held at arm's length is
approximately 10 degrees.)
  2 1/2fistt


How many degrees off the horizon was it when it DISAPPEARED? 2 1/2fist


How bright did it appear?
Like a star, Venus, the Moon, or the setting Sun?
  moon


Did it have any color(s)? yellow


Did it appear to fall apart as it went by? What did that look like?
  when it was splattred


Did it leave a persistent streak in the sky after it was gone?
How long did that last?
  none


How fast did it move? Use a 1 to 5 scale, 1 being
VERY slow, and 5 being extremely quick.
  5


Did you hear a sound?
If yes, what was the time delay from sighting to sound?
  none


What is the closest Town/State to where you saw the fireball?
  Effingham,Illinois


Please put any additional remarks, sketches, drawings, etc. below:
This observation is from my mom,in her own words:
I took my daughter to work and came back home.I leaned against the car and
looked at the sky and stars. It was beautiful. I searchedthe sky for the 
tell-tale blinking-moving lights of an airplane-none.
        Then I saw this big sideway V shape shooting west across the sky. No
lights-just  a shadowmoving quickly. I thought my eyes  were playing tricks 
so I turned my eyes back to where I had first seen it and tried to
reconstructit. Absolutely no luck. So I just enjoyed the lovely sky.
   Then I got a big surprise! The neighbors big tree across thr street 
covered
part of the sky-now a very large fireball came east from behind this tree. 
It had a long light tail behind it. It was really big and bright shooting 
straight east 2 1/2 fist  above the horizon. About a fist from  the 
silohutte of the side of the tree it seemed to hit something. It got really 
brighter and seemed to
splatter all directions for that moment then traveled straight east-somewhat
smaller but bright. It blipped out about1/2 fist from where it splattered. 
This
was about 5:o5 a.m.
  I was kind of shocked-when I came in the door it was 5:08a.m.