(meteorobs) two fireballs

[Arlene Carol]

Hi Bruce,

Well, it would be nice to have someone in the 'neighborhood' corroborate
what I 'sort of' saw. I believe it was 11:13 PM local time.

I don't know how many other 'watchers' we have around here.
What would be the radius of 'visibility' for something like that?
For instance, would an observer in Salonika, Greece (more than 12 hours by
train from the Turkish/Greek border) have been able to
see it. (assuming 'it' WAS a fireball)

How many 'triangulations' actually are confirmed as 'same' sightings?

One of these days, I'm going to go visit the young shepherd amateur
astronomer. He may be able to confirm something. But then again, most sheep
are still being penned up at night.

ar.




On 5/28/07, Bruce McCurdy <bmccurdy at telusplanet.net> wrote:
>
>     Arlene wrote:
>
> > Okay, I was reclining on the sofa, head to the east, feet to the west,
> > watching tv...all of a sudden, from the western window behind my feet,
> > there was a flash of light...since the sheer curtains were drawn, what I
>
> > experienced came mostly from the space between the top of the curtain
> > rod and the top of the window...but it was a brief and very bright
> flash.
>
> > So I'm concluding that I 'sort of' witnessed a fireball.
>
>     Arlene, it is startling how closely your report matches my first
> inkling
> of Friday morning's Alberta fireball. In my earlier report I mentioned
> first
> hearing from a friend of a friend, but didn't elaborate: he saw the flash
> while lying in bed, was very excited about it but could only detail the
> time
> of the event, 01:07 MDT according to his bedside clock. I have
> subsequently
> seen a video of the event recording the time at ~01:07.20 to .25 (more
> info
> to come by separate post), so even the friends's indirect observation
> proved
> to be accurate if not entirely useful. But it's important to know "that"
> something happened before getting into the "when" and "where", and your
> observation seems to meet that criterion.
>
>     Bruce
>     *****
>
>
>
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