[meteorite-list] Fireball report from this morning in Utah

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 13:20:23 -0700
Message-ID: <057801c71973$f5b40e60$2721500a_at_bellatrix>

No reports here.

When you are 9 miles "south" of Mesquite on I15 you are actually driving
west, and I don't recall a rest area around there, so I'm not sure where
the guy is talking about. If you talk with him, be very careful with
directions. You really feel like you are driving south on that stretch,
but you aren't.

Given where he apparently saw it, it sounds like it might be SE of Las
Vegas somewhere. It might have been a good show from Vegas, but I don't
know how much faith you'd put in witnesses who are outside at 3am <g>.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Farmer" <meteoriteguy at yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 12:43 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Fireball report from this morning in Utah


> This is a fireball report that I just recieved. Anyone
> else get and reports of a possible fall in Utah/Nevada
> this morning?
> Mike Farmer
>
>
> Hello,
> I am a truck driver, i drive between Cedar City, UT
> and Primm, NV. I see alot of meteors and some are
> incredible. This morning i was driving south on I15
> about 9 miles south of Mesquite, NV. I saw a green
> one come out of the west in a ENE track, it fell thru
> a thin cloud layer and grounded west of the small
> mountain range to the east. That range is no more than
> 15 miles from I15. If you stand in the rest area and
> look due east that is the area of impact. It stayed
> bright until 15 degrees above the horizon. As i have
> said,
> I see these things every night, but never this bright,
> never this sustained, and i have never seen one so
> close.
> Oh and it was around 3am....
>
> Anyway, i wanted to share the sighting so if your up
> this way, maybe you can find it.
>
> Take care,
>
> Tom Cook
> 702-813-5304 midnight-noon 7 days
Received on Wed 06 Dec 2006 03:20:23 PM PST