(meteorobs) daytime fireball, near Graham NC

[Steven Kolins]

1st view - from near N35° 52' 36"/W 79° 25' 33" looking NNE it was a  
very short meteor about 3° long, about 15° above the horizon. I  
noticed the time at 7:17am ± <1 min. I saw a super brilliant white  
flash in midflight and saw the whole meteor flight.

2nd view - from near N36° 3' 6.8"/ W 79° 23' 12" looking east saw a  
wide swath of the meteor trail - some 20°, about 35° above the  
horizon. Saw the meteor after flight began, no flash but trailing  
orange fiery trail

Triangulating would place the fireball perhaps starting near or north  
of Swepsonville, NC and proceeding roughly along NC Hw 119 until it  
crossed US Interstate 40-85.

I know several people that should have been along the flight path out  
at that time of the morning - some potentially east of the meteor (I  
work for the local school system and the second observer also worked  
for the school system....)

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