[meteorite-list] Any reports of SONIC BOOMS in Texas???

From: Robert Verish <bolidechaser_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:54:00 2004
Message-ID: <20020203054235.6645.qmail_at_web10405.mail.yahoo.com>

Were there any reports of SONIC BOOMS in Texas?

The following was extracted from:
meteorobs-digest V4 #855

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Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 17:23:21 -0500
From: Lew Gramer <owner-meteorobs_at_atmob.org>
Subject: (meteorobs) Fwd: Fireball(?),
evening 31 Jan 2002, Houston TX USA

Glad to hear you were fortunate enough to witness one
of the many "fire balls" (both natural and manmade)
that occur each night over our heads:
These do happen all the time, but are still rarely
seen or reported!

Andy, while all the details are still fresh in your
mind, please submit a report form to one of the
astronomical organizations on what you saw?

Here are a few to choose from. Just pick whichever ONE
of these has the most questions you can answer readily
and accurately - and thanks!

    http://www.namnmeteors.org/fireball/report.html
    http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball/report.html
    http://www.imo.net/fireball/report.html

Please note the exact time of your sighting is also
considered critical.


NOTE: Andy is not a current 'meteorobs' reader. If you
followup, please
MANUALLY put 'AMcConville_at_CoreLab.com' in the "CC:"
line of your reply!

Clear skies,
Lew Gramer <owner-meteorobs_at_atmob.org>

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To: <meteorobs_at_atmob.org>
Subject: Fireball/Meteor?
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 15:37:48 -0600
From: "Andy McConville" <AMcConville_at_CoreLab.com>

Has anyone else reported the massive meteor which
passed over Houston on Thursday evening (31st Jan
2002) ? Myself and 2 friends were in west Houston at
about 9pm when we spotted the object travelling
North-South
almost from horizon to horizon. I guess it came from
about 20 degrees high in the north to about 20 degrees
in the south and it wasn't quite directly overhead,
but high nonetheless. It was travelling very fast
(faster than a low-flying jetplane but not as fast as
a shooting star), covering the distance in about 4 or
5 seconds. It was bigger than any meteor that i've
ever seen and was very bright with a bright tail,
which
didn't seem to fade or leave a trail and it was white
with a slight greenish tinge in colour. The length of
the tail decreased as it came towards the end of it's
flightpath. My guess is that it was a large meteor
skimming the atmosphere which would have done quite a
bit of damage had it come down.

Cheers,

Andy McConville

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Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2002 10:08:14 +1030
From: Tony Beresford <aberesford_at_iprimus.com.au>
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Fwd: Fireball(?), evening 31
Jan 2002, Houston
TX USA

At 09:25 2/02/02, you wrote:
>I think the lucky guys got to see trash burning in
the
>sky. I think this may be Iridium 27, that was
>mentioned yesterday - re:
>[meteorite-list] OT: Iridium 27 decay warning update
>
>------c-HArlie
>

No, absolutely couldnt be. 9pm Central time jan 31 is
0300UT Feb 1.

Iridium 27 decayed around 0530-0600UT Feb 1. Anyway
the described motion isnt consistent with a satellite
its much too fast. ANY re-entering object going nearly
overhead and visible horizon-horizon will be visible
for about a minute.

Bright meteors are much more common than re-entering
satellites.
Tony Beresford

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