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Re: (meteorobs) Louisiana fireball
Just Me wrote:
>
> In reply to your message on the fireball Saturday night. I was in
> Galveston, TX and around 1115PM a LARGE white fireball, about half the
> size of the moon appeared in the western sky. I watchd for a few
> seconds with little or no debris as it crossed the sky and disappeared
> over the horizon...a definite sight to behold and not one soon to
> forget!
>
Hi!
Thanks for the information! But...you were in Galveston and saw it to
the west? That would place the meteor over a completely different
ground path than my impression from some of the Louisiana witnesses.
Not that this would be surprising -- you probably know how everyone
thinks a meteorite hit near THEM, even when observers are separated by
hundreds of miles! If it's not too much trouble, I would appreciate it
if you would confirm the directions you were looking when you first and
last saw the object, and what its apparent motion looked like. Did you
hear anything? Some people in western Louisiana say they did.
Many thanks!
Dave
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