(meteorobs) video of Mississippi fireball

Mike Hankey mike.hankey at gmail.com
Thu Jan 13 16:19:25 EST 2011


Wayne,

It looks to me like someone recorded a surveillance monitor with a
camera phone.

Thanks,

Mike

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Wayne Hally <meteoreye at comcast.net> wrote:
> The way it's moving around, I kind of doubt it's a fixed surveillance
> camera.
>
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> Subject: (meteorobs) video of Mississippi fireball
>
> This was submitted to my blog this morning:
>
> "Here is a video of surveillance camera that shows a flash at 8:47 pm.
> In Louisiana. "
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWXpT0cQXKU
>
> I believe this to be the first (and currently only) direct video sighting of
> the fireball.
>
> I have been in contact with the author, but have not yet heard back
> regarding the exact location and camera positioning.
>
> There have been a lot of fake pictures so far, so I can't say with
> certainty, that this isn't also a fake, but it appears to be authentic. It
> seems someone recorded a surveillance monitor with a camera phone and the
> timestamps etc look right. the blast also looks right to me, reminds me of
> the dugway proving grounds meteor explosion from a while back. Will report
> back if I find out anything more about this.
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