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(meteorobs) RE: meteorobs-digest V1 #517
I've seen probably the same type of thing. I classified it as a
"fireball" though. It travelled nearly horizontal for about 90 degrees in
front of me. That would be using the fact that I can see nearly ~160 with
side perception. The fireball looked like a ball with a gaseous tail that
kind of had an upswing on the back of it. Kind of like a ducks tail.
Probably due to the fact of the heat causing the tail to rise? It left no
"trail" or "contrail" and eventually extinguished with a bright(er) flash at
the end. I had enough time to notice it, point it out to another observer
and he looked at it for perhaps another 2-3 seconds. It seemed to go about
as fast as a helocopter about 1-2 miles away, although I can not make an
estimate as to how far away the object was.
At 07 Sep 1997 21:34:30 EDT Conrad W. Humphrey said:
> just saw something that looked like a mini-comet. The time was
>7:43 EST. It was between mags -1 and -4. I'm not sure if it was a
>mini-comet or a meteorite, but it was slow and most meteorites aren't
>looked slightly metallic. I'm also sure it wasn't a plane because planes
>don't have gaseous tails and this objects tail was about 11 degree's long
>and 2 degree's wide.