[Prev][Next][Index][Thread]
Re: (meteorobs) Sacramento Daylight Fireball 06:52 PST April 3
-
To: meteorobs@atmob.org
-
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Sacramento Daylight Fireball 06:52 PST April 3
-
From: Ed Majden <epmajden@shawdot ca>
-
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 07:47:09 -0700
-
Delivered-To: meteorobs-mhonarc2@galaxy.atmob.org
-
Delivered-To: meteorobs@atmob.org
-
In-reply-to: <40713E6F.5000906@earthlinkdot net>
-
Reply-To: meteorobs@atmob.org
-
Sender: owner-meteorobs@atmob.org
-
User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.02.2022
on 4/5/04 4:09 AM, Wayne Watson at sierra_mtnview@earthlinkdot net wrote:
> Say, this is getting downright embarrassing. It's a plane! It's a meteor! It's
> superman! No, it's starting to look like my meteor was a bird! One of the
> experienced
> fellows who uses the camera too piped up that it looks like a bird flapping
> its
> wings. What makes it look so fast is that it probably passed very close to the
> camera. He passed along a few other tips on determining the likelihood the
> object is
> a meteor. Much to learn. Ah, well. It looks like I'm still in a learning
> stage.
>
Wayne:
Don't feel too bad about this. It happened to me a couple of years ago!
I had a fireball time reported to me and sure enough when I checked the
tape, there it was! Yes, on closer inspection, it was a low flying sea
gull!
As for NASA and Tony Philips, they posted a sun lit daylight contrail
that was reported as being a giant fireball over the UK. Further
investigation proved that it was in fact the Concorde. Reputable people
were on both sides of this argument.
What had me suspect of your video, was the velocity of your object. No
meteor would move that fast.
Cheers:
Ed
The archive and Web site for our list is at http://www.meteorobs.org
To stop getting all email from the 'meteorobs' lists, use our Webform:
http://www.meteorobs.org/subscribe.html
Follow-Ups:
References: