[meteorite-list] Fireball reported in night sky over Kingsport TN.

From: Claudia Carroll <carroll4_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:34 2004
Message-ID: <410-2200310322223637390_at_mindspring.com>

Callers report fireball in night sky
Tuesday, October 21, 2003

By Staff report



KINGSPORT - Callers to the Kingsport Times-News and Kingsport Central
Dispatch reported a "fireball" in the sky Monday evening.

They weren't alone.

Similar calls were reported to other organizations from as far away as
Knoxville and Greenville, S.C. Gary Henson, director of East Tennessee
State University's observatory in Johnson City, said no one at the facility
observed the phenomenon.

"I haven't heard of any space debris. ... It sounds like a meteor, which is
quite common."

He said even something the size of a softball can produce an intense flash
across the sky and be visible from a wide distance as it "skips" through a
shallow orbit.



Claudia Carroll
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Received on Wed 22 Oct 2003 06:36:37 PM PDT