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Re: (meteorobs) very old sighting
In a message dated 98-10-26 13:43:58 EST, you write:
Robert<<
Reading this list has brought back to mind something I saw in the sky
sometime back in the late 70's. I was in San Jose and it was early evening,
meaning that viewing conditions were poor. I saw a slow moving object
burning a dull orange-red moving east to west roughly along the ecliptic
trailing a reddish short tail. The whole thing looked like the standard
cartoon rendition of a flaming comet. It probably lasted 5 to 10 seconds,
travelled a significant portion of the sky before I lost sight of it, and
left no trail. I have always assumed it was space junk falling out of
orbit, but I never saw mention of it in the paper, nor have I ever heard a
description of anything else like it. Has anyone else witnessed burning
space debris? Do people agree this is what I most probably saw?<<
Robert,
I believe you most likely seen a meteor. The length of time it lasted seems a
bit too short to have been a satellite. The traveling in the direction of east
to west also tends to indicate it was most likely a meteor compared to a
satellite. But the sighting was in San Jose....near San Franisco. No telling
what unusual sightings can be seen from there? :o)
George Zay