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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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