(meteorobs) mount kenya meteor sighting 1992

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Mon Mar 26 13:09:21 EDT 2007


It could have been a re-entry.  If it lasted 20-30 seconds then all bets are off for it being a meteor.

Kim Youmans
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> From: "Huibert van Deursen" <hvandeursen at wanadoo.nl>
> Date: 2007/03/23 Fri PM 08:32:33 EST
> To: <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> Subject: (meteorobs) mount kenya meteor sighting 1992
> 
> Dear Sirs,
> 
> In december 1992, round the Christmas period, I was attempting a climb of the Mt. Kenya. After being struck by severe mountain sickness, I descended in the middle of the night from 4200 metres above sea level to lower altitudes. During this descend I saw a fireball with a very long firy tail to its left travelling slowly through the sky from my left to my right (sorry, don't remember where i was looking). Although I felt extremely miserable I enjoyed the spectacle, which lasted for about 20-30 seconds, thoroughly. It definitely made up for the disappointment of my failed climb. To this day I'm puzzled by what I saw. I seem to remember (either from reading it at the time or reading it later somewhere else) that it was reported as an airplane crash. I'm fully convinced that what I saw was not a result of my unpleasant state, nor an airplane crash but a a real meteor/meteorite.
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> I would like to know if you know more about this event.
> 
> kind regards,
> Huibert van Deursen
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