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(meteorobs) Fwd: More sightings...
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>From: "KMEG Live Doppler 2000" <LiveDoppler2000@kmeg.com>
>To: <webmaster@spaceweather.com>
>Subject: More sightings...
>Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 14:33:28 -0600
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>Dear Spaceweather...
>
> My name is Scott Ryan, I'm a meteorologist at KMEG News in Sioux
> City,
>Iowa. I don't have any pictures to send you, but I do have a lot of people
>claiming that they saw it. We had about a dozen calls last night right
>after our 10 PM news claiming that they saw it in the sky. From what we
>could piece together, the fireball started out pretty whole, but broke apart
>as it streaked northward. It was spotted from NE Nebraska and NW Iowa
>around 10:25 PM. They all said it had a yellowish-orange color and as it
>started out from the south.
> We called up a few National Weather Services who all claimed that
> there was
>to be a meteor shower on the 6th and that this is some 'starting meteors'
>from that storm. Also, they said because it was exceptionally clear and
>dry, we were able to see more than normal. I knew this sounded weird from
>the minute I heard it, especially when I checked your sight and saw nothing
>of it last night.
> Thanks for the update on the information. It was quite an event,
> and I
>thought I'd add to your records of it. Thanks!
>
> Scott Ryan
> Weekend Meteorologist
> KMEG-TV
> Sioux City, Iowa
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