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(meteorobs) Fireball Report 3-23-04 11:30 PM or so.: El Paso, TX (fwd)


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From:    NAMN Fireball Reports <namn@atmob.org>
Subject: Fireball Report 3-23-04 11:30 PM or so.: El Paso, TX
Date:    Fri, 26 Mar 2004 11:30:20 -0500 (EST)

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Your Name? Mark Nelson


Your Town/State/Country? Las Cruces, NM, USA


Date of fireball? 3-23-04


Time of fireball? 11:30 PM or so.


What compass direction did the fireball appear from? N-NW (approximate)


What compass direction did the fireball DISAPPEAR from? N-NW ??


How long, in seconds, were you able to see it in the sky? 3 ??


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.)
  60??


How many degrees off the horizon was it when it DISAPPEARED? 15 ??


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


Did it have any color(s)? kind of blue and white i think


Did it appear to fall apart as it went by? What did that look like?
  a big fireball, looked from my perspective like it was falling straight down


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.
  5


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?
  El Paso, TX


Please put any additional remarks, sketches, drawings, etc. below:
  When I saw it I was driving west on Interstate 10 and had just passed the 
Univ. Texas at El Paso campus.  The 
Sun Bowl was on my right and the Rio Grande on my left. From my perspective the 
fireball appeared to be falling between the smokestacks of the ASARCO plant next 
to I-10.  (although i understand from what i learned afterwards from Dr. Robert 
Liefeld at NMSU that it actually was much further away and this was just 
appearance.)
At first I saw a small streak high in the sky and as it fell the fireball 
appeared and increased in size until from my perspective it
seemed to disappear at a height lower than that of the tops of the smokestacks 
of the ASARCO plant.
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