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(meteorobs) Fw: Large meteor on 2/22/04 @ ~ 20.30 EST
If anyone else witnessed this fireball please share your report with myself
and Mark Davis at meteors@comcastdot net
Thanks!
Bob Lunsford
----- Original Message -----
> Hi,
> I was wondering about a huge meteor that I saw last night. If anyone else
> noticed it or it showed up on a radar or something? I am a student pilot
> and was flying around the pattern with my instructor when we noticed a
> pretty big ball of fire moving across the sky and falling toward the
earth.
> I am from Worcester Massachusetts and from my vantage point the fireball
> entered the sky at about 290 degrees and disappeared at about 240 degrees,
> we estimated that we saw it start at about 80,000 feet and it fell
seemingly
> all the way till about 25,000 feet ASL. I have seen plenty of meteor
> showers in my life but this was the only time that I ever saw the outline
of
> the meteor, and then a fire trail to follow. It seemed to be about the
size
> of dime when compared to the windshield of the air plane. A cesna 152.
Not
> only did we see it but the ATC tower called us to see if we saw it as
well.
> It traversed a great distance in about 2 seconds. Also at the moment that
> it stopped burning or glowing it seemed that there was a significant
amount
> of meteor still intact. I would assume that (if it did land) it landed
> either in the gulf of mexico or in one of the southern states near there.
> However I could be wrong. But I was just curious if you heard any other
> reports.
>
> Thanks for you time
> Andrew
>
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