[meteorite-list] FW: unusual meteor sighting (New Brunswick)

From: Robert Verish <bolidechaser_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Jul 1 13:42:43 2005
Message-ID: <20050701174241.57512.qmail_at_web51704.mail.yahoo.com>

The following is Forward with the hopes that there
were others who reported this same event:

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   1. [Fwd] unusual meteor sighting (RainerArlt)
   
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 09:08:53 +0200
From: RainerArlt <rarlt_at_aip.de>

Subject: (meteorobs) [Fwd] unusual meteor sighting

Forwarded with permission of Cheryl Ann Kittredge;
perhaps the event was witnessed by other observers
or technique.

Best wishes,
Rainer

----- Forwarded message from Cheryl Ann Kittredge
<kittredg_at_nb.sympatico.ca> -----

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To: visual_at_imo.net
From: Cheryl Ann Kittredge <kittredg_at_nb.sympatico.ca>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 14:37:54 -0300
Subject: unusual meteor sighting

I am writing to report an unusual sighting of what I
presume was a meteor.

I had this experience last week, the early morning of
Thursday, June 23, at 3:38 Eastern/4:38 Atlantic
Daylight Time. I was driving home from Presque Isle,
Maine, U.S.A., to Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada.
I had just crossed the international border at
Bridgewater, Maine/Centreville, New Brunswick.

A few miles further, I had just turned right off the
main road and crossed the small bridge over the
Presquile River in Tracey Mills, looking, as usual for
loose cattle or moose in the road, and had
climbed much of the elevation on my way to join New
Brunswick Highway 550. I was at the location which is
shown on older maps as Long Settlement. I was driving
along narrow road through hills and trees
and, although I had earlier noticed the sky beginning
to grow light in the east, it was still very dark
where I was driving. Suddenly, directly in front of
me and very low, there was a brilliant and colorful
streak of light, possibly no higher than the utility
poles beside the road. There was thick tree growth on
my right and there must have been some obstructive
tree growth on my left because I did not see the
object until it was just in front of me. It was
traveling from my right, the west, toward my left,
east, in a trajectory which had a slight downward
angle, perhaps ten degrees. The length of the streak
itself might have been about ten degrees. It was a
brilliant aqua blue with some slight pink coloration
behind the main, leading portion. Of course, it all
happened very quickly. I remember actually
exclaiming aloud with surprise. The object
disappeared to my left rear before I could stop the
car and lower the window to observe whether I could
hear anything. I looked at the clock and it was 3:38
Eastern.
Then I drove a few hundred feet up the road to the
first driveway I could find, backed into it and looked
back to see whether there were smoke or flames
visible. I could see nothing.

I arrived home just after 5:00 A.M. and told my
husband about my experience. On Friday, June 24, we
went back and retraced my route from the border. We
found the driveway I had backed into and established
where I must have been when I saw the phenomenon.
Then we tried to walk through the terrain next to the
road in the direction the object had been traveling,
thinking that we might see scorching or tree damage;
however, it was old logged land, thick with
undergrowth and piles of dumped brush and was very
difficult walking.

For the record, I would like to point out that I have
several academic degrees, two in biology and I am
married to an astronomy/physics major.
 I have a subscription to Skeptical Inquirer, am a
firm believer in the work of CSICOP, and am not
subject to hallucinations or accustomed to strange
experiences of any kind. I would love to know whether
this "meteor" was observed by any other person or
organization. I could also locate the position of the
event quite accurately, should anyone
care to investigate further.

Thank you for your time and attention.

C. Ann Kittredge

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Would appreciate the opinion or observation of others
that may have seen this same event.

With best regards,
Bob Verish
Received on Fri 01 Jul 2005 01:42:41 PM PDT