(meteorobs) Just witnessed a major fireball Oct 29, 2008 0128ut - Colorado

[Thomas Ashcraft]

Oops....I thought the previous email from Chris was sent to me 
personally. I am getting my email screens mixed up as I process incoming 
data and reports for the evening news.

In any case, here are a couple of eyewitness reports sent in to me:

"My wife and I were driving on I-70 just west of the Peoria Street 
bridge and we both saw the fireball very brightly, even with the bright 
lights of the interstate.  It was greenish and south and slightly west 
of our location on I-70.  We saw it for about 5 seconds.  It did not 
seem high in elevation above the Denver skyline.  It seemed to be almost 
parallel to the surface of the earth.  It was 7:28 on the car clock when 
we saw it.  It was beautiful.  There was a flash of flames at the end.  
We had the windows rolled up in the car and did not hear any noise."

"I live in Grand Junction, CO.  Last night my sister and I were standing 
on my East-facing deck talking.  We both saw a 'light' over the 
Bookcliffs ( a range of E-W running hills on the north side of Grd Jct) 
coming from the NE.  This is the general vicinity of the local airport 
and we both dismissed it as landing lights of an airplane.  A couple of 
seconds later my sister yelled "Look at that!", pointing to the East.  
We both saw the last two seconds of what we initially thought was a 
firework (roman candle type) because of its color and brightness.  There 
were sparks observable in the tail as it passed overhead traveling in a 
SW direction, and sparks when it 'went out', but no sound.  The color 
was a bright bluish-green - even the sparks were green.  We speculated 
that it might have been a fireball and were extremely excited to learn 
today that it was.  Unfortunately we did not get any pictures but it was 
beautiful none the less. "

Thomas Ashcraft



Thomas Ashcraft wrote:
> Chris Peterson wrote:
>   
>> I've got a preliminary report at 
>> http://www.cloudbait.com/science/fireball20081028.html
>>
>> This includes videos from two allsky cameras in Colorado, as well as a 
>> ground path map.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> *****************************************
>> Chris L Peterson
>> Cloudbait Observatory
>> http://www.cloudbait.com
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> Looks good Chris.
>
> I am sending your links to KOB-tv in ABQ. 
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> One tiny thing if you don't mind : could you list me on your site as 
> Thomas Ashcraft rather than Tom. I am trying to separate my identity on 
> google from another fellow who goes by Tom.
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> It is appreciated!
>
> Tom
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