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(meteorobs) Re: Daylight fireball today, Staten Island, NY
The daylight fireball observer sent me a few more details. He
saw the object for about 20 to 30 seconds and also wrote:
> ... I see this object that looked like an airplane streaking
> across the sky. That's when it dawned on me. It's moving
> too damn quick to be an airplane or a Jet. Not to mention, I
> can't see an airplane in front of it. So I opened the window
> to take a better look and all I see is a faint gray object
> looking like a rock with a huge plume behind it. This thing
> was moving too fast to be a Jet or any of manned object. It
> came from the south west and headed north east. ...
> The Vapor Trail lasted for about 20mins. The vapor trail
> expanded into huge clouds afterwards. I have never seen a
> jet or plane do that. I also never seen a jet or plane move
> through the sky that fast that high up.
Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexasdot edu - Austin, Texas, USA
> Below is a report that was sent to me today. The fireball
> time would be 15:10 July 22 UTC. Any other reports?
>
>> 11:10am Sunday July 22. Daytime Meteor sighting, Seen
>> from the North shore of Staten Island, NY. Seen in the
>> South Eastern Sky. Left a huge smoke trail. Came from the
>> south headed north. 11:18 am smoke trail still visible.
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