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Re: (meteorobs) Fireball Reporting
GeoZay@aoldot com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 96-08-26 19:50:40 EDT, you write:
>
> << A couple of weeks back I made a report about a bright single meteor that
> I had seen in broad daylight. I thought this must be so rare that I
> thought it worth reporting to some official body and I filled out what I
> could on your NAMN form and also sent an attachment. I have not seen any
> response to this and am curoius as to what it was. I did see a brief
> report on a Denver TV news broadcast, and I also have a cutting from an
> Apen, CO. newspaper reporting it's sighting, so I know it was real. The
> local police even sent out officers to try and find it. But I saw it in
> north western Oklahoma, almost four hundred miles from Denver, so I guess
> they didn't find it! Did you ever see any reports, or hear about this
> meteor? I would be grateful for any information, or sources.
>
> Best wishes
> Ron Rennie
> >>
> ------
> Ron,
> I believe I did get your Fireball Report. If it was in good form, I would
> have emailed it to FIDAC. I don't keep a log as to what reports I sent off so
> I am not sure. Eventually FIDAC sends out a Fireball Report...roughly on a
> monthly basis. If they got it, it will be listed in their report. To tell the
> truth, what I'm reading above sounds like additional information that I
> didn't have initially. Or this could also be an event that I didn't get at
> all either? I do know that I received a report from somebody awhile back that
> was rather confusing...I couldn't interpret what was being said. I don't
> know if this was yours or somebody else's. Anyhow, unless I hear more info
> from other people or indications about it being on the news or wording that
> it was a day time event, I don't dwell on it too much other than forwarding
> it to FIDAC. But knowing how I would react, if you used the words day time
> event, or in the news etc, I would have perked up for more info to forward on
> to Zolensky as well. Another possibility though...if the report reached my
> knowledge about 3 or more days beyond the event, I probably would have
> thought that it was too late to inform Zolensky and treated it as past event
> that can't be pursued any further without more input from others. Sorry if it
> didn't get sent thru..dot can't remember if it made it thru or not?
> George Zay
Hi George
I think I sent my original report to yourself, but I can't be certain at
this time as my copy of it has been deleted, so I will send it to you
again.
I am sorry that the report was late which was due to the fact the
sighting took place while I was on vacation and we were driving back to
Los Angeles via some of my favorite places in Colorado. It was nearly a
week before we arrived home and I had access to a computer. I am new to
meteor spotting and did not the best place to report this so I
immediately contacted Sky and Tel, and Astronomy. It was when I was
checking a few days later to see if they had any reports of the incident
that I came across the link to your page. So this all added up to quite
an unavoidable delay. I'll know what to do next time I see a daylight
meteor ;-)
I am attaching a copy of the report I made for my local astronomy club
which I hope will be useful to you. I have today sent a copy to Andre
Knoefel, so FIDAC has the information. Please let me know if I can be of
any more help
Best Wishes
Ron Rennie
Lomita CA
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