(meteorobs) Fireball Over Southern USA April 7th UT

[lunro.imo.usa at cox.net]

A fireball as bright as the quarter moon (magnitude -9) was reported from South Carolina to Arkansas. It occurred near 01:20 Universal TIme on April 7th or the evening of April 6th local time. Reports of colors spanned the rainbow but the most often reported colors were white, blue, and green. 

Summaries of these reports may be viewed on the fireball table of the American Meteor Society at:

http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball2/public.php?start_date=2011-01-01&end_date=2011-12-31

Refer to event #375 in the 2011 table.

Clear Skies!

Robert Lunsford
American Meteor Society