[meteorite-list] Texas fireball April 2, Video

From: Marc Fries <mfries8_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:31:14 -0700
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Oh yeah, and I examined that one for radar signatures but didn't find
anything. The closest radar was down for maintenance (or something) at
the time. Of course.

Cheers,
Marc Fries

On 4/10/12 5:31 PM, drtanuki wrote:
> Dear List,
> My post on April 3 about the Texas 11:50 am daytime event pointed out early on that the video was of a jet and contrail. Fox News cannot even get the date right; they wrote April 4. There are NO such thing as "APRIL FIREBALLS" as NASA is reportedly calling them (last year Mr. Cooke was calling them "Spring Fireballs").
> My report from April 3 (actually US 2APRIL) with more than 60 sighting reports:
> http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2012/04/texas-daytime-meteor-fireball-02apr2012.html
>
> The reports can be viewed here:
> http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.jp/
>
> Have a great week.
> Dirk Ross...Tokyo
>
>
> --- On Wed, 4/11/12, Matson, Robert D.<ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Matson, Robert D.<ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com>
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Texas fireball April 2, Video
>> To: Jimski47 at aol.com, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Date: Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 3:46 AM
>> Hi Jim,
>>
>> Don't know if you saw Marco Langbroek's post a while back
>> commenting
>> on the video shown during that newscast. That is NOT a
>> fireball. It
>> is a jet and its contrail. And as Marco pointed out, it is
>> embarrassingly
>> obvious that it is a jet. Makes me sad for our country. It's
>> really no
>> surprise we are 25th in the world in math and science. Or
>> perhaps it
>> *is* a surprise ... that we're that high. :-(
>> --Rob
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
>> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com]
>> On Behalf Of
>> Jimski47 at aol.com
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 11:37 AM
>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Texas fireball April 2, Video
>>
>> Daytime Fireball Seen Over San Antonio, TX and Surrounding
>> Areas - April
>> 2,
>> 2012
>>
>> _http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OIHW4iYxvOQ_
>>
>> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OIHW4iYxvOQ)
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jim K
>>
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