(meteorobs) Fireball Photo???

[Marco Langbroek]

No way a fireball imho....

First, any fireball still incandescent below such low clouds should have created 
a sizable crater field.

Second, I wonder if this is an image which was shot through a window (e.g. of 
another aircraft, or a car)? To me it looks like it could be a reflection in a 
window.

- Marco

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Dr Marco Langbroek
Dutch Meteor Society (DMS)

e-mail: meteorites at dmsweb.org
private website http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek
DMS website http://www.dmsweb.org
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Robert Lunsford wrote:
> Please visit the website below and let me know what you think.
> 
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v623/sdbound182/DSCN1905.jpg
> 
> The photographer claims his intended target was the small aircraft.
> He claims this object lasted 1-2 seconds and occurred near noon
> local time. He also states the object appeared toward the northeast.
> If this is so then a lens artifact from the sun is not possible being 
> that the sun was at his back. You can verify this by noticing the shadow 
> of the wing upon the fuselage of the aircraft.
> To me, this appears to be a crude add-on to this photograph. It is
> quite "un-meteor like". I wonder though how he got it to appear as if 
> the streak was behind the clouds during the first portion of it's
> re-entry?
> 
> One more thought...this location was fairly close to Vandenberg, but I 
> could not find any scheduled launches for the afternoon of
> February 18. Besides, he claims the object was going down, not
> upward.
> 
> Your thoughts?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Bob Lunsford
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Dr Marco Langbroek
Dutch Meteor Society (DMS)

e-mail: meteorites at dmsweb.org
private website http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek
DMS website http://www.dmsweb.org
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