[meteorite-list] Huge Daylight Fireball Video?

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 11:50:08 -0600
Message-ID: <009C350712194A9E878EFB5F25A0EC56_at_bellatrix>

> It keeps surprising me that contrails, in this age of ubiquitous aircraft
> traffic, are still confused with "fireballs" so often.

Most people never look up. An appalling percentage of adults are unaware,
for instance, that the Moon can be seen during the day (something like half
of adults in the U.S.) Now you put a jet near the horizon at sunset, so you
get something too bright to miss, and of course too far away to make any
sound, and I guess it's not surprising you get some people who believe they
are seeing something extraordinary.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Marco Langbroek" <marco.langbroek at wanadoo.nl>
To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 10:43 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Huge Daylight Fireball Video?


>I agree with Chris: this to me is a short aircraft contrail lit by the sun.
>I see no reason at all to think of a meteoric fireball.
>
> It keeps surprising me that contrails, in this age of ubiquitous aircraft
> traffic, are still confused with "fireballs" so often.
>
> - Marco
Received on Mon 18 May 2009 01:50:08 PM PDT