[meteorite-list] Re: Big Behind Fireball

From: CMcdon0923_at_aol.com <CMcdon0923_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:37:32 2004
Message-ID: <a.5be7dc8.2760465a_at_aol.com>

In a message dated 12/06/2000 7:18:16 PM CST, marley2010_at_usa.com writes:

<< Best way to describe it would be like a very bright flare traveling in a
straight line and changing colors. One other thing is that it moved much
slower than a "shooting star". >>

Yup...space junk. Sounds just like the one I observed here, just north of
Dallas a few weeks ago...."straight line"..."slow". It turned out to be a
Russian rocket stage re-entering .

Craig McDonald
Received on Wed 06 Dec 2000 08:48:10 PM PST