(meteorobs) Fireball over DFW Metroplex

Pat Branch pat_branch at yahoo.com
Sat Dec 13 21:37:31 EST 2008


Well I am in the Fort Worth area and I started observing about 11pm, 
I was driving west to get to darker areas.
At about 11:30 I did see one meteor going straight down due east that 
was pretty bright but not a fireball. Could you get a better time 
estimate on that one?
Pat

--- In meteorobs at yahoogroups.com, "k5kj" <k5kj at ...> wrote:
>
> I received a second hand report from a friend who lives north of 
DFW, just east of Denton, 
> Texas.  He reported a very bright and large fireball Thursday 
evening about 11 PM CST (0500 
> Z).  The object moved from north to south, reportedly at a steep 
vertical angle. He also said 
> that he could see small pieces breaking off and separating from the 
main body.  He did not 
> mention a terminal explosion.
> 
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