(meteorobs) Fwd: large bolide over California/Nevada

[Wayne Hally]

Not particularly. Looks like a jet contrail disappating.

 

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On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Wayne Hally <meteoreye at comcast.net> wrote:

Looks like a common jet contrail to me...


Would a series of three images change your opinion?
http://www.rgj.com/article/20120423/SPECIAL01/120423013/1459

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This reminds me of the famous 1972 Tetons meteor which was captured skipping
off the atmosphere by tourists filming. A still of the event, with people
gawking at it in the foreground, was published in a Nat'l Geographic in the
80s and is still one of the most incredible images I've ever seen. That
meteor was similarly south to north and exited the atmosphere somewhere
around Edmonton, Canada. 

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