[meteorite-list] Strange Meteor

From: Jim Wooddell <nf114ec_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 05:33:47 -0700
Message-ID: <7D7D8666EABE4E31B47F233030381E4A_at_Grande>

Hi Phil!

I hope all that are seeing this sort of thing are reporting it on the AMS
Fireball sight! It really helps us all reporting it there. Very easy to do
and only takes a few minutes.
http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball2/form2.php

Happy Holidays!

Jim


Jim Wooddell
https://k7wfr.us



----- Original Message -----
From: "JoshuaTreeMuseum" <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 7:33 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Strange Meteor


> We saw a strange meteor tonight from Plymouth, Indiana. We were facing
> south and I looked east just in time to see a very bright meteor falling
> at a 45 degree angle. I've never seen one quite like it. It looked like a
> very bright star dropping in a straight line with no tail or flashes or
> changes in brightness. Then it suddenly went out. It literally looked like
> a falling star. It was so bright, I thought it was an airplane or car
> light reflection in the windshield. I've seen lots of meteors, but never
> one like that.
>
> Phil Whitmer
> Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum
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