[meteorite-list] Fwd: FW: Arkansas fireball

From: Robert Verish <bolidechaser_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon May 24 01:48:55 2004
Message-ID: <20040524054219.65964.qmail_at_web60303.mail.yahoo.com>

--- Robert Verish <bolidechaser_at_yahoo.com> wrote:

Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 11:52:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Robert Verish" <bolidechaser_at_yahoo.com>
To: "Bolide Chasers" <bolide_chasers_at_yahoogroups.com>
CC: debris-locators_at_yahoogroups.com
      
Subject: FW: Arkansas fireball

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Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 01:14:24 -0500
From: "Terry Johnson" <tenacious_at_cyberback.com>
To: "Meteor List" <meteorobs_at_meteorobs.org>

Subject: (meteorobs) Arkansas fireball

Tuesday night my wife and I were witnesses of a
wonderous event. It wasn't the brightest fireball
I've ever seen, but it was by FAR the most
spectacular. I've submitted a fireball report, as
have some other members of my local astronomy club.
If anyone can give me any additional details of
reports, I'd love to hear them.

We were approximately 60 miles north-northeast of
Little Rock at 9:54pm Central time. I was driving my
car following my wife home. We were fortunately
headed south going uphill--which gave us a perfect
view of the whole event. A bright, baby blue glow lit
up the trees to my right and I immediately knew there
was a fireball somewhere. It came overhead and washed
out the rest of the sky with its -9 or -10 brightness.

The velocity (in degrees/second) actually seemed to
increase as it traveled.
It originated from the north-northwest, and its
direction was almost due south. At an angle of about
40 deg. to the ground, the color rapidly changed to a
bright yellow and then to light red.
Then it fragmented
and dimmed to almost nothing. As it reached 25 deg.
altitude, it flashed into a bright yellow terminal
burst perhaps -12 or brighter.

Just gorgeous! I've never seen one that colorful
before.

I was quite interested in a friend's report of a
3-second sonic boom!
I figured with a flash that bright there would
probably be sound sound, so I rushed home and jumped
out of the car to hear it--which I never did.
He says he heard it only 1 minute after the flash
which would mean it was fairly close (~12 miles).
This would put it well within our inner atmosphere and
should mean a scattering of meteorites. Now if we can
only find someone from OK or TX and someone from MS to
accurately let us triangulate... :o)
Just wishful thinking.
[ed. Or is it?]

--Terry Johnson
Greenbrier, AR
35.27N, 92.24W

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