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(meteorobs) Fwd: Fireball(?), evening 31 Jan 2002, Houston TX USA
Glad to hear you were fortunate enough to witness one of the many "fire
balls" (both natural and manmade) that occur each night over our heads:
These do happen all the time, but are still rarely seen or reported!
Andy, while all the details are still fresh in your mind, please submit
a report form to one of the astronomical organizations on what you saw?
Here are a few to choose from. Just pick whichever ONE of these has the
most questions you can answer readily and accurately - and thanks!
http://www.namnmeteors.org/fireball/report.html
http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball/report.html
http://www.imodot net/fireball/report.html
Please note the exact time of your sighting is also considered critical.
NOTE: Andy is not a current 'meteorobs' reader. If you followup, please
MANUALLY put 'AMcConville@CoreLab.com' in the "CC:" line of your reply!
Clear skies,
Lew Gramer <owner-meteorobs@atmob.org>
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Subject: Fireball/Meteor?
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 15:37:48 -0600
From: "Andy McConville" <AMcConville@CoreLab.com>
Has anyone else reported the massive meteor which passed over Houston on
Thursday evening (31st Jan 2002) ? Myself and 2 friends were in west
Houston at about 9pm when we spotted the object travelling North-South
almost from horizon to horizon. I guess it came from about 20 degrees
high in the north to about 20 degrees in the south and it wasn't quite
directly overhead, but high nonetheless. It was travelling very fast
(faster than a low-flying jetplane but not as fast as a shooting star),
covering the distance in about 4 or 5 seconds. It was bigger than any
meteor that i've ever seen and was very bright with a bright tail, which
didn't seem to fade or leave a trail and it was white with a slight
greenish tinge in colour. The length of the tail decreased as it came
towards the end of it's flightpath. My guess is that it was a large
meteor skimming the atmosphere which would have done quite a bit of
damage had it come down.
Cheers,
Andy McConville
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