[meteorite-list] LARGE fireball report!

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:19:22 -0700
Message-ID: <037801c723c4$1dfcfdf0$2721500a_at_bellatrix>

That close to Tokyo, I'd suspect Rodan or Mothra <g>.

Seriously, it sounds like a spectacular thing to see. Interesting
factoid about the frequency the pilots see such fireballs.

(If the Peekskill car is worth ~100K, imagine what a dented container
ship would go for on eBay!)

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: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 3:51 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] LARGE fireball report!


>I just landed in Dallas and want to report a
> spectacular fireball! I was sitting on the flight out
> of Tokyo and about 1 hour out ~8:15 pm Tokyo time, I
> saw what I thought was another airplane outside. I was
> watching a movie in First Class (the seats turn and
> face the windows is why I mention that, so the TV is
> actully lift up in front of the window) and I saw a
> flash and light. I looked out and it was an incredible
> fireball traveling north by east, apparently with the
> airplane as it moved much slower than it would have
> obviously to someone on the ground. It was bright
> green and never broke up. It was traveling at a very
> low angle.
> Simply amazing that it would catch my attention while
> watching a movie in a bright airplane interior.
> I spoke to the pilots later and they were excited
> about it, of course they saw it in all it's glory. One
> told me that he sees one like that once or twice a
> year.
> Too bad it was over the Pacific Ocean with no chance
> of impact (except maybe a container ship)! That would
> be really cool, and worth a small fortune.
> Mike Farmer
Received on Tue 19 Dec 2006 06:19:22 PM PST