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RE: **** Fireballs......

From:  bruce_musson@dofasco.ca  

     I'm just the messenger...

This is the description from my brother, his two children, and some
other passerbys.
They were standing outside, at 19:10 today, Nov.16/99 EST  and saw 5
fireballs (simultaneously) travel across the southern sky.
His position was west of Hamilton, Ontario and south of Lake Ontario at
about 43.22 lattitude and -79.75 longitude.
What they saw were 5 fireballs (1 large with 4 small behind it) that
looked like flaming balls and sparks trailing. They travelled west to east
from a position of just below Mars in the sky, to just below Jupiter.
Probably no more than 15 degrees above the horizon. 
Curiously they did not spread out, nor dissipate, and were still
'flaming' as they finally disappeared from sight, and even more
curious...they
seemed to take about 20 seconds (yes I know... rather long) to traverse the
southern sky and he described them as looking just like the intro to
the Bruce Willis movie... and were somewhat frightened. They looked close
enough to hit something, but didn't.
I asked for colours, like blue or green, and he said it looked like 5
objects on fire, and that was the colour... with sparks like fireworks
behind each fireball... and in a straight line.
The sun set here at about 16:50  .
Any other sightings ??
Bruce - Ancaster, Ontario.

-----Original Message-----
From: CMcdon0923@aol.com [mailto:CMcdon0923@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 7:27 PM
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Midwest Fireball......


Just caught the end of a report on the nightly TV news here in Dallas, 
TX......

There was a major fireball that came out of the west, at approximately 18:00

hours local time this evening.   THERE IS VIDEO of the final few seconds of 
the object, caught by an amateur.   It closely resembles Peekskill, in that 
there were at least four distinct pieces, each trailing smaller pieces 
behind.   Reports were that it was multi-colored.   

The news was clear to point out that it (almost certainly) could not have 
been a Leonid, due to both the time it occurred, and the fac that it came
out 
of the West.  They offered the possibilities that it may have been
reentering 
space debris or a satellite, or "just" a non-Leonid meteorite.

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