(meteorobs) Fwd: large bolide over California/Nevada

[Wayne Hally]

I was not referring to the event, just the image that was purported to be
the meteor trail.

 

From: meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org
[mailto:meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org] On Behalf Of Jim Gamble
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 4:43 PM
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Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Fwd: large bolide over California/Nevada

 

Wayne,

  Appears a lot of jet contrail debris is showing up in N Cal. Can the list
assume that the moderator now agrees that this was a meteor...Just some
light hearted fun :-) 


 

Sincerely,
Jim Gamble
El Paso Station
Sandia Allsky Camera
NAMN
http://elpasoallsky.blogspot.com

 

 

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From: Wayne Hally <meteoreye at comcast.net>
To: cheekygeek at gmail.com; Meteor science and meteor observing
<meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Mon, April 23, 2012 6:58:06 PM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Fwd: large bolide over California/Nevada

Not particularly. Looks like a jet contrail disappating.

 

From: meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org
[mailto:meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org] On Behalf Of CheekyGeek
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 4:44 PM
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Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Fwd: large bolide over California/Nevada

 


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

Account:
http://www.rgj.com/article/20120423/NEWS/304230031/1459/news?utm_medium=twit
ter
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tter&utm_source=twitterfeed> &utm_source=twitterfeed

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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