(meteorobs) Southeastern USA Fireball - October 24, 2011

[MstrEman]

Dear Wayne,  Are you suggesting this SOUTHEASTERN US fireball report
was mis-perceived aurora sighting???  If not are you just commenting
that there was an unrelated large number of folks out observing one of
the many meteor showers and this comment is not suggesting the
fireball observation was a drastic case of mistaken identity?

I saw no aurora down here in East Tennessee and was out till after 9pm local.

What is your scientific explanation for your theory that 25 observers
were mistaken and your assumption is more accurate?

Elton

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Wayne Hally <meteoreye at comcast.net> wrote:
> Probably lots of folks out watching the spectacular aurora!
>
> Of course, cloudy here....
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org
> [mailto:meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org] On Behalf Of Robert Lunsford
> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 3:52 PM
> To: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> Subject: (meteorobs) Southeastern USA Fireball - October 24, 2011
>
> The American Meteor Society has so far received approximately 25 reports of
> a dazzling fireball over the southeastern USA including Georgia, Tennessee,
> and the Carolinas.  This event occurred near 7:20pm EDT Monday evening
> October 24th. Of the reports received so far, white is the most mentioned
> color. Many reports also mention orange and yellow colors.  The average
> brightness reported by witnesses was near the light produced by a full moon.
>
> In the AMS fireball table, located at:
>
> http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball2/public.php?start_date=2011-01-01&end_dat
> e=2011-12-31
>
> refer to event #1227 for 2011.
>
> Clear Skies!
>
> Robert Lunsford