(meteorobs) Daylight Fireball Over California-Nevada, April 22, 2012

[GeoZay at aol.com]

Hey Robert...I didn't see the meteor, but did hear it. It was a rather loud 
 and sudden boom. I thought it was an earthquake of about 3 to 4 on the 
richter  scale. 
GeoZay
 
 
In a message dated 4/22/2012 10:30:44 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
lunro.imo.usa at cox.net writes:

The  American Meteor Society has so far received 20 reports so far of a 
bright  fireball over California and Nevada. What is unusual about this event 
is that  it occurred near 8:00am PDT Sunday morning April 22th, in full 
daylight! Being  daylight, most of the reports are of a white object with blue 
and green being  most mentioned secondary colors.  The average brightness 
reported by  witnesses was between that of the sun and the light produced by a 
full moon.  While this is most likely a random event, there is a possibility 
this fireball  was a member of the Lyrid meteor shower.

In the AMS fireball table,  located at:  

http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball2/public.php?start_date=2012-01-01&end_dat
e=2012-12-31

refer  to event #588 for 2012.

Clear Skies!

Robert  Lunsford

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