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(meteorobs) Re: Death Valley Fireball

Addendum:

Last evening in NE PA, I was lying on my bed looking westward  at the bright
half moon low on the horizon when there was a bright flash from the north which
lit up the room.  My wife was asking "What was that?", as I was rushing out into
the 20 below night-- barefooted-- in hopes of seeing a trail train or fireball
remnant.   Alas, 'twas none of the above to be seen.  No sonic boom was heard either.

The time ,uncalibrated, was between 12:03 and 12:10 am EST.  I thought I would
lie low on this report since I could not confirm that it was a fireball.  Since
the time was so close to Bob's report, I thought I would add this a possibly
related information on the matter. Sounds like there could have been a large
meteoroid stream.  
 
Sincerely,
Elton

Robert Verish wrote:
<snip>
> We just had a very bright, very large fireball occur
> over the northern end of the Death Valley! (The
> current temperature there is 60 degrees ABOVE zero;-)
> At app. 9:56PM PST, while traveling north on US395
> (before Lone Pine but after passing Owens Lake) my
> sister-in-law witnessed "a very bright, greenish, ball
> of flames descend down to the ENE horizon in the
> general direction of the Racetrack Playa, or Stovepipe
> Wells, or maybe as far away as Beatty, Nevada!
> 
> She said that the fireball didn't make it to the
> horizon, but "broke up half way down" [actually, she
> probably means ~20-30 degrees above the horizon] and
> was quickly extinguished.  They didn't stop the car
> and get out, so no sonic boom was heard by them.
> 
> It would be very interesting if sonic booms were heard
> between their location and Beatty, NV.
> 
> She immediately called me on her cell phone ~10PM PST!
> I had notification within 10 minutes.  After checking
> out the maps for that area, I composed this message,
> and now, within the hour of the fall of this "Death
> Valley Fireball", this List is being notified.
> 
> Hoping to hear of more reports, soon.
> 
> Bob "B*C"
> 
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