(meteorobs) Beautiful fireball - space junk?

[GeoZay at aol.com]

>>On the 2006.04.25.16 UT here, in the low northeast sector of  the sky, 
starting in Virgo and ending in Hercules, a northerly trajectory  
glowing intense malachite green and at the end of its incandescent path  
broke up into at least 3 fragments.  The travel was about 5 degrees  
downward from horzontal.  No sound heard except the big ooohhhs and  
ahhhs that rippled acrosse the observing fields.  Magnitude was at  
least as bright as -6.  During the 3 second approx. incandescent  
display it traveled about forty degrees which appeared to be a moderate  
speed.  I was looking at the comet 73P in that general direction and  
the binoculars lit up like headlights shining into them at an angle, a  
constellation or two away.  Others mentioned that shadows were cast  
during the awesome event...

30 Degrees N. 36.552'
103 Degrees W.  57.031'
aprox. 1535 meters elevation

Was this space  junk?

Saludos, Doug<<
No it was not space junk...The duration of 3 seconds is  too short and the 
travel distance of 40 degrees is too fast for any space junk  to cover while in 
re-entering earth orbit. It seems you may be describing  an earthgrazing 
meteor.
geozay