[meteorite-list] interesting PA Fireball witness report

From: Mike Hankey <mike.hankey_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 00:23:58 -0400
Message-ID: <f0a794130908042123n543aaf43m8e5c6a6e019e0692_at_mail.gmail.com>

I was trolling the internets for info and found this report:

"I saw this shooting star up in Pa. I was driving north on route 476
and saw the night sky turn bluish green. The meteor came from behind
me and passed on my left side. I saw it breakup into 6 smaller pieces
and watched them burn out. One of the coolest things I?ve ever seen.
The windows were up on my semi so I didn?t hear anything."

I wrote the paper and asked them to fwd the guy my info.

476 is about an hour away from our current impact zone. His account is
consistent with our data depending on where he was on 476. The highway
looks to start north of Philadelphia.

How close do you think you would have to be to see this sort of thing?
(i'm referring to the break up and burn out)
Received on Wed 05 Aug 2009 12:23:58 AM PDT