[meteorite-list] Fw: Fireball Reports

From: Robert Verish <bolidechaser_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:27:53 2004
Message-ID: <20031124225846.31273.qmail_at_web60306.mail.yahoo.com>

Seems to be a "slow-news" day so here is the latest on
the fireball front:

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meteorobs-digest Monday, November 24 2003
Volume 04 : Number 1273

(meteorobs) Aurora date mistake
(meteorobs) Louisiana fireball?
Re: (meteorobs) Louisiana fireball?
(meteorobs) Fireball Report 21 November 2003/1615EDT,
Virginia Beach/Virginia (fwd)
(meteorobs) Fireball Report 11/20 18hour /40minutes,
AVON PARK, FLORIDA (fwd)
(meteorobs) Fw: Fireball Detection volunteer interview
network.
(meteorobs) 2003 Leonids: Worldwide Radio Observation
No.10

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Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 21:33:43 -0600
From: Paul Martsching <pmartsching_at_mchsi.com>
Subject: (meteorobs) Aurora date mistake

The aurora was on the Nov 20 not Nov 27. Sorry for
the mistake.

Paul Martsching

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Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 22:21:59 -0600
From: "David E. Hostetter" <dehostetter_at_msis.net>
Subject: (meteorobs) Louisiana fireball?

Did anyone in southern Louisiana or southern
Mississippi happen to see a fireball heading eastward
on the night of Thursday, November 20, at about
11:30 PM CST (0530 UT Nov. 21)? We've gotten some
inquiries at our planetarium. The only other details
I have are that it is described as very bright and
appearing to "drop embers." Unfortunately I didn't
happen to be outside at the time.

Thanks for any help.

Dave Hostetter
Curator of the Planetarium
Lafayette (LA) Natural History Museum & Planetarium

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Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 20:56:44 -0800
From: "anne2" <daniel2_at_wclynx.com>
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Louisiana fireball?

San Francisco Bay Area reported a fire ball early
evening...Check http://sfgate.com
or other newspaper or television archives in SF.
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Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 16:51:49 +0000
From: meteors_at_comcast.net
Subject: (meteorobs) Fireball Report 21 November 2003
1615 EDT, Virginia Beach/Virginia (fwd
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From: NAMN
Subject: Fireball Report 21 November 2003/ 1615 EDT,
Virginia Beach/Virginia
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 20:23:53 -0500 (EST)

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Your Name? Justin Graham
deerhuntin66_at_hotmail.com

Your Town/State/Country? Virginia
Beach/Virginia/United States


Date and Time? 21 November 2003/ 1615 EDT


What compass direction did the fireball appear from?
190


What compass direction did the fireball DISAPPEAR
from? 030


How long, in seconds, were you able to see it in the
sky? 4


How many degrees off the horizon was it when it
APPEARED?
(As a reference, a closed fist held at arm's length is
approximately 10 degrees.)
  40


How many degrees off the horizon was it when it
DISAPPEARED? 30


How bright did it appear?
Like a star, Venus, the Moon, or the setting Sun?
  star


Did it have any color(s)? white then green


Did it appear to fall apart as it went by? What did
that look like?
  broke into three pieces


Did it leave a persistent streak in the sky after it
was gone?
How long did that last?
  yes, one half second


How fast did it move? Use a 1 to 5 scale, 1 being
VERY slow, and 5 being extremely quick.
  3


Did you hear a sound?
If yes, what was the time delay from sighting to
sound?
  5 seconds


What is the closest Town/State to where you saw the
fireball?
  Virginia Beach/Virginia


Please put any additional remarks, sketches, drawings,
etc. below:
  sound heard was a crackling noise

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Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 16:57:38 +0000
From: meteors_at_comcast.net
Subject: (meteorobs) Fireball Report 11/20
18hour /40minutes,
AVON PARK, FLORIDA (fwd)
---------------- Forwarded Message: ---------------
From: NAMN
Subject: Fireball Report 11/20 18hour /40minutes,
AVON PARK, FLORIDA
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 23:08:20 -0500 (EST)

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Your Name? Terri and Kasey Martin
lansep_at_earthlink.net

Your Town/State/Country? Avon Park, Florida, USA


Date and Time? 11/20 18hour /40minutes


What compass direction did the fireball appear from?
NORTH


What compass direction did the fireball DISAPPEAR
from? SOUTH


How long, in seconds, were you able to see it in the
sky? 1-1/2 - 2


How many degrees off the horizon was it when it
APPEARED?
(As a reference, a closed fist held at arm's length is
approximately 10 degrees.)
  15


How many degrees off the horizon was it when it
DISAPPEARED? 15


How bright did it appear?
Like a star, Venus, the Moon, or the setting Sun?
  FULL MOON


Did it have any color(s)? WHITE


Did it appear to fall apart as it went by? What did
that look like?
  IT DID NOT APPEAR TO FALL. AS LARGE AS A BASKETBALL
AT THE HEAD OF THE TRAJECTORY; WHITE DUST CLOUD CONE
SHAPED BEHIND APPROX. 36 FT.


Did it leave a persistent streak in the sky after it
was gone?
How long did that last?
  NO


How fast did it move? Use a 1 to 5 scale, 1 being
VERY slow, and 5 being extremely quick.
  EXTREMELY QUICK 5: I THINK WE WERE IN SHOCK,
THOUGH, SO IT SEEMED LIKE A LONGER TIME AS COMPARED TO
SEEING A SHOOTING STAR. HARD TO EXPLAIN.
SEEMED LIKE SLOW MOTION AT THE TIME


Did you hear a sound?
If yes, what was the time delay from sighting to
sound?
  HEARD NOTHING BUT WAS INSIDE VEHICLE WITH WINDOWS
ROLLED UP


What is the closest Town/State to where you saw the
fireball?
  AVON PARK, FLORIDA


Please put any additional remarks, sketches, drawings,
etc. below:
  -----------------------O
INCREDIBLE SPEED, BUT SEEMED LIKE WAS ABLE TO WATCH IT
FOR A MUCH LONGER TIME THAN A FALLING STAR; BRIGHT
WHITE; LARGE AS A BASKET BALL AT FRONT;
AWESOME!!

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Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 09:32:44 -0800
From: Ed Majden <epmajden_at_shaw.ca>
Subject: (meteorobs) Fw: Fireball Detection volunteer
interview
network.

Fireball DetectionSubject: Fireball Detection

    This url has been posted to the RASC Victoria
Centre web page in order to recruit volunteer
interviewers for a west coast fireball patrol.
Anyone interested, in British Columbia and bordering
U.S. States are being asked to participate.
Ed Majden



<http://victoria.rasc.ca/articles/2003/sandia_bolide.htm>




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Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 16:22:54 +0900
From: "Hiroshi Ogawa" <HZH02257_at_nifty.ne.jp>
Subject: (meteorobs) 2003 Leonids: Worldwide Radio
Observation No.10

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  The International Project for Radio Meteor
Observation
     2003 Leonids FLASH No.10 (07:00UT 24th Updated)
      http://homepage2.nifty.com/~baron/leo03p.htm
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FLASH data are updated now ! There are 36 observing
reports at 31 observing stations in 8 countries. Our
project has already covered whole world. We therefore
can monitor Leonid meteor activity at all times now...

>From these FLASH reports, Activity Level index was
calculated.
As a results, some Leonid peaks were observed, which
were around 12h 18th, 06h 19th and 16h 19th(UT).

12h 18th peak was not predicted. But this peak was
very clear and high peak. 06h 19th peak becomes
clearer than previous announcement. The main peak was
16h 19th(UT).

Then, in the afternoon on 20th, UK and USA observing
stations caught images of Aurora.

You can see this FLASH result and LIVE Radio data.
LIVE is updated every 10minutes at almost of stations.

2003 Leonids page:
http://homepage2.nifty.com/~baron/leo03p.htm
FLASH page:
http://homepage2.nifty.com/~baron/leo03.htm
LIVE page :
http://homepage2.nifty.com/~baron/hrolive.htm


with best wishes
Hiroshi Ogawa


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Hiroshi Ogawa (University of Tsukuba, JAPAN)
mailto: HZH02257_at_nifty.ne.jp
homepage: http://homepage2.nifty.com/~baron/

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