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Re: (meteorobs) 1997 Perseid skimmer fireball or missle re-entry? :-)
I would expect the Perseid radiant to be below the horizon at that time.
Chris
> From: "John Krempasky" <johnk@dmv.com>
> Reply-To: meteorobs@atmob.org
> Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 01:29:43 -0400
> To: <meteorobs@atmob.org>
> Subject: (meteorobs) 1997 Perseid skimmer fireball or missle re-entry? :-)
>
> http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/bardonia/monmouth.gif
>
> Saw this posted in a debate over the downing of TWA 800 by a conspiracy
> theorist...guy purports that this is evidence of previous "missle near-misses"
> in the NYC area.
>
> I immediately recognized it as a moderate fireball meteor miles overhead,
> even
> BEFORE the timestamp...August 12th, 1997...sunk in :-) Given the time (8:40PM)
> It's presumably a low-angle grazer.
>
> Thought this would be good for a laugh :-)
>
> John Krempasky
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