(meteorobs) Green Fireballs

[Paul Jones]

This indeed is a fascinating topic and one that also goes way back in UFO
history, too.  Although, I've probably never seen more than one or two green
meteors personally in all my 37 years of observing, other folks see them
quite regularly it seems, especially in the American southwest going back
several decades.
I thought I would pass along the following link, a passage to a chapter in
the book so well-known to UFOlogists, the Report on Unidentified Flying
Objects by Edward J. Ruppelt, 1956.  Mr. Ruppelt was head of the USAF
Project Blue Book UFO investigation group for several years.  Seems the USAF
was quite interested in green fireballs, too!

http://www.nicap.org/rufo/rufo-04.htm

Interesting reading, I thought, passed along for historical perspective
only, not to jump to any conclusions or anything...;o).

Clear skies to all, Paul


On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 10:04 PM, Bias, Peter V <pbias at flsouthern.edu>wrote:

> I've watched the Perseids all the way back to 1967 and have never seen
> green fireballs.  The '81 Perseids (from Ohio) were great, bright and
> numerous, but I don't recall special color. The only clearly colored
> fireballs in my life were the '98 Leonids, which were aqua colored when
> overhead.  That's it. An occasional color here or there, but no consistent,
> obvious colors other than the Leonids that one year.  I know Norman's been
> watching all those years as well and maybe he's seen things a bit
> differently.  I'm curious too.
> Pete Bias
>
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> Behalf Of Bertunit at aol.com [Bertunit at aol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 9:53 PM
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> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Green Fireballs
>
> Interesting thread on this. Personally I remember the 1980 or 1981 Perseids
> as having an
> abnormal percentage of green bright members that year, including a barrage
> of them just before dawn at max.
>
> Norman?
>
> Bert
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