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Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 10:29
PM
Subject: (meteorobs) Fireball
sighting
This evening (Sat. Oct. 27) My wife and I
were out looking at the moon and a few star clusters from 9pm to 11pm EDT and
at approx 10:30 we both observed a huge Fireball lasting approx 7 seconds and
started white, then grew a tail and turned to bluegreen then a white brite
flash and it was not visible anymore. It was approx 75 degrees off
the western horizon when it started and it flashed out at approx 30
degrees above the western horizon, so it was either going down to the west of
me or it was moving west through the atmosphere away from me. That would
put it out over the Gulf of Mexico.
Clear Skies!
Mark