Re: (meteorobs) Possible fireball in California

• To: meteorobs@latradedot com
• Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Possible fireball in California
• From: Mark Davis <MeteorObs@Charlestondot net>
• Date: Fri, 04 Oct 1996 11:56:03 -0400
• Reply-To: meteorobs@latradedot com
• Sender: owner-meteorobs

At 11:41 AM 10/4/96 -0400, you wrote:
Tom reported:
>I believe that same possible meteor was seen fragmenting over mid New
>Mexico.  Local witnesses in Albuquerque saw a large fireball fragmenting
>and leaving a greenish trail. A helicopter was sent up to see if a plane
>had actually crashed.
>
>I'm not radio monitoring presently for fireballs but if I hear more on this
>end I will let the meteorobs list know.

Thanks for the report Tom. From here I am out of the "loop" but I have
contacted some astronomy friends in the San Francisco area (per report from
J. Penner) to check local reports.

Best,
Mark Davis
MeteorObs@charlestondot net

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