(meteorobs) Two Bright Fireballs

[Meteorites USA]

"...That meteor entered, traversed through the atmosphere and said "bye 
bye". .."

A fusion crusted asteroid.... ;)

Regards,
Eric


On 3/17/2010 2:52 PM, countdeiro at earthlink.net wrote:
> The smoke trail (couldn't call it a vapor trail) looks genuine for a single object. Very few single engine aircraft could produce that long contorted trail. Most aircraft flying at a constant altitude where temps would create a condensation trail have multiple engines (turbine or suck, squeeze, bang and blow)and you would see the two or more trails before they combine. This thing does however, does look like a "grazer" similar to the famous Yellowstone/Grand Teton video of a number of years ago. That meteor entered, traversed through the atmosphere and said "bye bye".
>
> Count Deiro
> IMCA 3536
>
> -----Original Message-----
>    
>> From: Mike Hankey<mike.hankey at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Mar 17, 2010 4:09 PM
>> To: Global Meteor Observing Forum<meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
>> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Two Bright Fireballs
>>
>> Robert,
>>
>> Thanks for sending this out. I saw a video of the alleged smoke trail
>> of the CA fireball, but wasn't sure if it was a hoax or for real.
>>
>> Here is the alleged video
>>
>> http://bit.ly/cEZepB
>>
>> (still not sure if its real, but the date/time/location at least line
>> up with the AMS witness reports).
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Robert Lunsford<lunro.imo.usa at cox.net>  wrote:
>>      
>>> Numerous sightings of two recent fireballs have been received by the AMS.
>>>
>>> The first occurred in daylight near 1345 CDT (1845 UT) on March 14. We have received six reports so far from Mississippi and
>>> Louisiana. They describe it as brighter than the full moon with a yellow-orange color. Several witnesses also mentioned a
>>> long-lasting train that appeared like a contrail.
>>>
>>> The second fireball occurred near 0610 PDT (1310 UT) on March 15. Twenty one witnesses from northern California and southern Oregon
>>> describe this object as equal to or slightly less than the full moon. There was not much agreement on the color. White was mentioned
>>> the most.
>>>
>>> Summaries of these objects may be viewed at: http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball/fireball_log2010.htm
>>>
>>> Refer to events #115 and #117.
>>>
>>> Clear Skies!
>>>
>>> Robert Lunsford
>>> American Meteor Society
>>>
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