[meteorite-list] Fw: Large Fireball on 2/22/04 _at_ ~ 20.30 EST

From: Robert Verish <bolidechaser_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:27 2004
Message-ID: <20040225013224.71801.qmail_at_web60301.mail.yahoo.com>

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Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 09:19:57 -0800
From: "Robert Lunsford" <lunro.imo.usa_at_cox.net>
Subject: (meteorobs) Fw: Large meteor on 2/22/04 _at_ ~
20.30 EST

If anyone else witnessed this fireball please share
your report with myself
and Mark Davis at meteors_at_comcast.net

Thanks!

Bob Lunsford

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> Hi,
> I was wondering about a huge meteor that I saw last
night. If anyone else noticed it or it showed up on a
radar or something? I am a student pilot and was
flying around the pattern with my instructor when we
noticed a pretty big ball of fire moving across the
sky and falling toward the earth.
> I am from Worcester Massachusetts and from my
vantage point the fireball entered the sky at about
290 degrees and disappeared at about 240 degrees, we
estimated that we saw it start at about 80,000 feet
and it fell seemingly all the way till about 25,000
feet ASL. I have seen plenty of meteor showers in my
life but this was the only time that I ever saw the
outline of the meteor, and then a fire trail to
follow. It seemed to be about the size of dime when
compared to the windshield of the air plane-Cessna152.
Not only did we see it but the ATC tower called us to
see if we saw it as well.
> It traversed a great distance in about 2 seconds.
Also at the moment that it stopped burning or glowing
it seemed that there was a significant amount of
meteor still intact. I would assume that (if it did
land) it landed either in the gulf of mexico or in one
of the southern states near there.
> However I could be wrong. But I was just curious if
you heard any other reports.
>
> Thanks for you time
> Andrew
>



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