[meteorite-list] Green Fireball in Tempe, AZ.

From: Marc Fries <fries_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:44:48 -0400
Message-ID: <4E729C00.3000203_at_psi.edu>

Turns out military aircraft were dropping chaff east of Yuma at the
time. Chaff, of course, being metallic debris dropped from aircraft to
throw off radars... Bad timing, gents. Not the end of the world, but
it doesn't exactly help.

Marc Fries

On 9/15/11 10:18 AM, Jim Wooddell wrote:
> Here is a link to a video that captured the fireball.
>
> http://www.azfamily.com/news/Mysterious-lights-spotted-in-Southwest-sky-129874998.html
>
>
> Nexrad data is only up to the 14th at this time (that I can download)
> and this at ~150245Z - a few minutes.
>
> Jim Wooddell
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Fisler" <phxerik at yahoo.com>
> To: "Meteorite List" <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 7:54 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Green Fireball in Tempe, AZ.
>
>
> Hi list.
> I just went for a quick lap around my apartments at McClintock and
> University here in Tempe. I started at approx 7:45pm GMT and while I
> was running south I saw a vibrant green fireball streak, break up and
> then it went dark. Unfortunately I wasn't close enough to hear a sonic
> boom but I did hear a very soft pop like a bottle rocket far away. It
> appeared to be 25 degrees West of South and was about 20-30 degrees
> from the horizon. It's was moving fairly slow so I assume it was far
> south. Can someone check Doppler? It must have had a better sighting
> further South like in Casa Grande or Tucson.
>
>
> [Erik]
>
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Received on Thu 15 Sep 2011 08:44:48 PM PDT