(meteorobs) Two Bright Fireballs

[Fries, Marc D (3225)]

I believe I saw the trail shown in the golf course video.  I stared at it
for a while because it was prominent and long-lasting, but it was caused by
an airplane.  I was waiting for my car to be smog tested at the time and so
was just standing around in a park talking on the phone (i.e. "working
hard").  The time and place seem to match. This is definitely not the same
event observed from Yuba City.

Cheers,
Marc Fries


On 3/17/10 2:52 PM, "countdeiro at earthlink.net" <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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