[meteorite-list] Meteors Light Up Morning Sky in Colorado

From: drtanuki <drtanuki_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 09:12:59 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <725217.97810.qm_at_web53215.mail.yahoo.com>

Dear Ron and List,
  Thank you Ron and all of the posters on this fall.
This is a case where people had better have their
geiger counters along. As Ron and others may have
found out it may contain some radioactive material.
Best, Dirk Ross..Tokyo
 
--- Ron Baalke <baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:

>
>
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5256178,00.html
>
> Meteors light up morning sky, or was it something
> else?
> By Rocky Mountain News
> January 4, 2007
>
> It was neither a bird nor a plane, but something lit
> up the
> early-morning sky today.
>
> The brilliant streaks of light appeared to fall from
> north to south over
> the western part of the metro area, CBS 4 News
> reported.
>
> Residents in Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico
> reported seeing the display.
>
> Chris Peterson, an astronomer and research associate
> with the Denver
> Museum of Nature and Science, told CBS 4 News the
> event was most likely
> a meteor shower.
>
> There have been no reports of debris hitting the
> ground or of any injuries.
>
>
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>
>
http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070104/NEWS01/70104004
>
> Bright meteor a sight for Coloradans
> By LAURA BAILEY
> The Coloradoan
> January 4, 2007
>
> A brilliant meteor shower streaked across Colorado
> skies this morning
> to the delight of surprised onlookers.
>
> Calls to police and media starting coming in shortly
> after 6:15 a.m.
> from locals who reported seeing an "unreal" bright
> light slowly
> streaking across the sky from north to south.
>
> The light was described as having an extremely
> bright head with a tail
> that emitted sparks or smoke.
>
> The shower was spotted in southeastern Wyoming and
> continued down along
> the Front Range, said meteorologist Don Day.
>
> What people witnessed was either a meteor or space
> junk, such as old
> satellite debris, he said.
>
> Onlookers reported the meteor could be seen for
> about 30 seconds.
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Received on Thu 04 Jan 2007 12:12:59 PM PST