(meteorobs) Washington-Oregon Fireball August 26, 2011

[Robert Lunsford]

The American Meteor Society has received numerous reports of a very bright fireball over the states of Washington and Oregon,  occurring near 11:10pm PDT Friday evening August 26th. Of the two dozen reports received so far, yellow was the most mentioned color. The average brightness reported by witnesses was near the light produce by a half moon.

In the AMS fireball table, located at:
http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball2/public.php?start_date=2011-01-01&end_date=2011-12-31

refer to event #917 for 2011. This reference number is subject to a slight change.

Clear Skies!
Robert Lunsford
American Meteor Society