(meteorobs) Major Fireball Over Southern California, Arizona, and Southern Nevada

[Mike Hankey]

This has made national news on MSNBC and CNN...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44529188/ns/technology_and_science-space/

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/09/15/southwest.strange.light/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

AMS reports are now over 100.

We should have maps of AMS witness reports plotted later today.

This area is heavily covered with all sky camera, so there should be
some videos out there. I do not have time to chase camera operators to
ask them to look for video, but if anyone on the list feels like doing
this, have at it:

http://allsky.ca/NAdatabase.html




On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 7:42 AM, Robert Lunsford <lunro.imo.usa at cox.net> wrote:
> The American Meteor Society has been deluged with over 50 reports of a bright fireball occurring just before 20:00 PDT (also MST) on the evening of Wednesday September 14th. A quick look indicates maximum brightness equal to that of the full moon and possibly some fragmentation. I will not be able to post these to the AMS web site until later today, after I return home from work. If I can add any details after reading all the accounts, I will post them.
>
> Clear Skies!
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> Robert Lunsford
> American Meteor Society
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