(meteorobs) News report of a possible daylight fireball sighting

[David Entwistle]

There's a news report of a possible daylight fireball sighting in the
Vail Daily, from Eagle County, Colorado. Afternoon of 04 April 2006.

http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20060407/NEWS/104070058



Meteor wows Horse Mt. Ranch family

EAGLE COUNTY - Steve Erickson and his boys have a pretty good view of
the night sky. Tuesday, the daytime sky was pretty impressive, too.

As Erickson and his boys Colton, 11, and Cal, 9, were driving back to
their home at Horse Mountain Ranch north of Wolcott Tuesday afternoon,
they saw something - presumably a meteor - streak across the western
sky.

"It was visible across probably a third of the sky, probably from Burns
Hole to Muddy Pass," Steve said. "It looked like fireworks. When it
separated, it had color to it."

The trail of smoke the meteor left then hung in the sky for several
seconds after the thing had disintegrated.

"It was the biggest one I've ever seen," Colton said.

"It was better than seeing one at night," Cal said. "This didn't just
streak across the sky and disappear."
-- 
David Entwistle