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(meteorobs) Fireball(?), Rhode Island USA, 10 Oct 2002 20:10 Local

No, Barry, yours is the first report I've heard of a
very bright fireball over Rhode Island! Would you be
able to provide more details? If so, PLEASE consider
filling out the Web form at:

  http://www.namnmeteors.org/fireball/report.html

I also encourage anyone else who may have sighted an
event like this to submit a report as soon as you can
afterward, before any details fade from your memory!


(BTW, Barry, remember that 'visualdeepsky.org' and
'netastrocatalog' are mailing lists about the Deep
Sky! Anything meteor-related is more appropriate to
the OTHER list I run, 'meteorobs@atmob.org'. :>)

Take care, and thanks for sending me the note!

Lew


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>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-netastrocatalog-announce@atmob.org
>[mailto:owner-netastrocatalog-announce@atmob.org]On Behalf Of Andy and
>Barry
>Sent: Tuesday, 15 October, 2002 6:02 PM
>To: netastrocatalog-announce@atmob.org
>Subject: Re: (IAAC) IAAC now accessible via 'logs@visualdeepsky.org'
>         and 'chat@visualdeepsky.org'!
>
>
>
>Hi Lew
>
>I am glad I just received your update on the IAAC.  I should have
>written to you last week about this to see if you heard or saw anything
>like what I saw last Thursday evening here in Rhode Island.  I have
>written to all the Frosty Drew crew without out much reply and I also
>tried to start a message thread on saa. but it seems they are involved
>in a lot of Off Topic stuff right now and my message went by 
>pretty much
>unnoticed.
>
>Last Thursday evening I was outside talking with a couple of friends of
>mine  at about 8:10 PM when there was a bright flash similar to
>lighting. It was so bright that the ground around us lit up.  This in
>its self was amazing because we were standing in a brightly lit parking
>lot.
>
>I was lucky enough to be facing in the right direction when the flash
>caught our attention and I was able to look up to the sky to see what
>looked to be a large blue green meteor breaking in two streaking across
>the sky.  The approximate size of the meteor would have been a little
>smaller than the size of your thumb nail held at arms length.  What was
>truly amazing was that up here in Southern New England we were
>completely covered by a 100% cloud cover.  I am not sure the direction
>this object was traveling because I was in a section of town I 
>seldom go
>to and was not sure of my orientation to the sky. My guess would be it
>was traveling from the North to the East. 
>
>I was wondering if you heard anything about this meteor or piece of
>space junk. 
>
>Thank you,
>
>Barry Martasian

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