(meteorobs) fireballs 23 July 2011

[Pat]

It might have been an aircraft dropping flares. If the 5/6 fireballs fell slowly and lasted awhile.

--- In meteorobs at yahoogroups.com, carel coetzer <carlcoetzer at ...> wrote:
>
> To all,
> 
> On 23 July 2011 i observed 3 fireballs from central Johannesburg,  
> South Africa. It occurred at approx 21h45 SAST, 19h45 GMT+2 . I was  
> facing in )a Northerly direction. I saw a glow form in the sky low to  
> the horizon to the North, at first i thought it was the landing lights  
> of an aircraft, but the glow( yellowish with orange /red hue at the  
> edges continued in a Southerly direction and then faded fairly  
> quickly.The glow formed and lasted about 30-40 secs. A second glow  
> formed where the first had appeared and had the same characteristics.  
> Thereafter a third glow formed also about 30 secs later,however, this  
> object broke up into 5/6 fireballs about 20 secs later each radiating  
> outwards and downwards but not upwards. What happened afterwards i  
> wont describe here as to not prejudice other observations.
> 
> I know this was not a meteor, but would like to know if any members  
> heard of any event similar in detail that was observed that evening,at  
> that time from anyone in particularly Botswana,South Africa, Zambia,  
> Zimbabwe and DRC, as i believe people in those places would have been  
> ideally placed to see what i observed if they were outside facing  
> roughly North.
> 
> I will appreciate any response, as i am trying to verify what i saw  
> with other independant observations.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Carl Coetzer
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