[meteorite-list] Fireball in Riverside calif.
From: Steven Drummond <jesserd44_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:52:13 2004 Message-ID: <001201c24360$22dc9cc0$198cb3d1_at_computer> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C24325.74FBB8A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi List, I was driving in Riverside ( 10:40 PM ) south when I saw a = fireball coming from the North East moving towards the South East at = about a 45 degree angle , I saw 1 very bright fireball for about 2 = seconds then it split into 2 fireballs flowing 1 after the other less = that 1 second after the split it went dark , it was still fairly high = when it went dark . I have seen shooting stars before but I have never = seen anything like this before, It seemed so close , I could not = believe it. but in reality it was probably farther away than I think. I = did not think to stop and listen for the explosion . as there was heavy = road work going on where I was, If I did hear anything I thought it was = the road workers.=20 Has anybody else seen this ? I am sure it must have hit = somewhere unless it went into the ocean.=20 Best Regards To All , Steven Drummond "The Unknown Collector" = :-) ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C24325.74FBB8A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4611.1300" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi List, I was = driving in=20 Riverside ( 10:40 PM ) south when I saw a fireball coming from the North = East=20 moving towards the South East at about a 45 degree angle , I saw 1 very = bright=20 fireball for about 2 seconds then it split into 2 fireballs flowing 1 = after the=20 other less that 1 second after the split it went dark , it was still = fairly high=20 when it went dark . I have seen shooting stars before but I = have=20 never seen anything like this before, It seemed so close , I could = not=20 believe it. but in reality it was probably farther away than = I think.=20 I did not think to stop and listen for the explosion . as there was = heavy road=20 work going on where I was, If I did hear anything I thought it was = the=20 road workers. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2> &nbs= p; =20 Has anybody else seen this ? I am sure it must have hit somewhere = unless=20 it went into the ocean. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> Best Regards = To All=20 , Steven Drummond "The Unknown Collector" =20 :-)</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C24325.74FBB8A0-- Received on Wed 14 Aug 2002 02:59:27 AM PDT |
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