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(meteorobs) Correction: Fireball Report 10/17/2003, Wetumka, Oklahoma (fwd)



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From:    NAMN
Subject: Fireball Report 10/17/2003, Wetumka, Oklahoma
Date:    Fri, 12 Dec 2003 11:23:21 -0500 (EST)

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Your Name? Vann Norris


Your Town/State/Country? Oklahoma City, Ok.


Date and Time? 10/17/2003


What compass direction did the fireball appear from? north


What compass direction did the fireball DISAPPEAR from? north


How long, in seconds, were you able to see it in the sky? 4 to 5


How many degrees off the horizon was it when it APPEARED?
(As a reference, a closed fist held at arm's length is
approximately 10 degrees.)
  20 to 25


How many degrees off the horizon was it when it DISAPPEARED? 23


How bright did it appear?
Like a star, Venus, the Moon, or the setting Sun?
  setting sun


Did it have any color(s)? orangeish redish


Did it appear to fall apart as it went by? What did that look like?
  no


Did it leave a persistent streak in the sky after it was gone?
How long did that last?
  no


How fast did it move? Use a 1 to 5 scale, 1 being
VERY slow, and 5 being extremely quick.
  2 or 3


Did you hear a sound?
If yes, what was the time delay from sighting to sound?
  no


What is the closest Town/State to where you saw the fireball?
  Wetumka, Oklahoma


Please put any additional remarks, sketches, drawings, etc. below:
  It squiggeled downward in about a 2 degree drop as it went.  Instead of like 
the tipical space debreise that you would see, that the average individual would call a falling star.  Almost as if it were flipping, spireling, of glancing off the Earths atmosphere.  The color was not white light.  It was orangeish redish.  
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