[meteorite-list] (meteorobs) Major Fireball Over Southern California, Arizona, and Southern Nevada

From: Jim Wooddell <nf114ec_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:01:39 -0700
Message-ID: <514A459FEAB24F29A3AB27C007485837_at_Grande>

Mike, how come it takes so long for the reports to appear on AMS? I looked
last night and again this morning and nothing. Then suddenly there is over
a 100??

Kind regards!

Jim Wooddell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hankey" <mike.hankey at gmail.com>
To: "Meteor science and meteor observing" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>;
"meteoritelist" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 9:23 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] (meteorobs) Major Fireball Over Southern
California, Arizona, and Southern Nevada


> This has made national news on MSNBC and CNN...
>
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44529188/ns/technology_and_science-space/
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/09/15/southwest.strange.light/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
>
> AMS reports are now over 100.
>
> We should have maps of AMS witness reports plotted later today.
>
> This area is heavily covered with all sky camera, so there should be
> some videos out there. I do not have time to chase camera operators to
> ask them to look for video, but if anyone on the list feels like doing
> this, have at it:
>
> http://allsky.ca/NAdatabase.html
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 7:42 AM, Robert Lunsford <lunro.imo.usa at cox.net>
> wrote:
>> The American Meteor Society has been deluged with over 50 reports of a
>> bright fireball occurring just before 20:00 PDT (also MST) on the evening
>> of Wednesday September 14th. A quick look indicates maximum brightness
>> equal to that of the full moon and possibly some fragmentation. I will
>> not be able to post these to the AMS web site until later today, after I
>> return home from work. If I can add any details after reading all the
>> accounts, I will post them.
>>
>> Clear Skies!
>>
>> Robert Lunsford
>> American Meteor Society
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