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Re: (meteorobs) Fwd: something over the skies of D.C

Are you sure this wasn't 9:30 Pm?? I saw a -8 fireball from Md at this
time. Also arcing SSE

John N






Lew Gramer <dedalus@latrade.com> on 06/24/99 06:08:50 PM

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cc:   lynn rickman <lynnie_2@yahoo.com>
Subject:  (meteorobs) Fwd: something over the skies of D.C





List, here's another possible report of the fireball Kevin K. noted?


Lynn, it sounds like you were the privileged witness of a very bright
meteor, better known as a "fireball"! I'd strongly recommend that you
try to report all the details of what you saw (any one seemingly insig-
nificant detail may be important). Below are Web forms you can use to
report your sighting directly into an international database of similar
sightings. Your details may help contribute to our scientific knowledge,
and may also help in locating a meteorite fall if one happened to be
associated with this particular fireball!

Fireball Report Form on the Web:

    http://www.imodot net/fireball/report.html

If you'd rather use a form you can print out and mail via postal mail,
use the North American Meteor Network Fireball Report Form, available
for print-out from the Web at:

    http://web.infoavedot net/~meteorobs/reports.html

Clear skies,
Lew Gramer <owner-meteorobs@jovian.com>


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Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 09:21:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: lynn rickman <lynnie_2@yahoo.com>
Subject: something over the skies of D.C
To: owner-meteorobs@jovian.com

Last night at about 8:30pm, in the eastern skies over Washington D.C, I
saw a ball of something streaking through the sky. I'm amazed that I
haven't read anything in the papers today, because from where I stood
it appeard to be about the size of a baseball. I've seen meteor showers
before, but never anything of this magnitude. It was a ten second event
at most, and occurred high in the sky, arching towards the SE.  It had
a tail like a comet with a blue tinge and I watched as it burned out.
The tail was evident as the glowing object was lit, but as soon as it
disappeared, so did the tail.  Any explanations? I'm very curious!
Lynn
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