At 12:23 PM 5/01/05, skywise wrote: >Location, Stanton CA > >118 west 33.8 north (almost exact). > >17:43 Pacific time, fireball travelling due east from zenith, or maybe >a little south of there. > >Only saw out a window so only saw ending at about 30 degree elevation. > >Brilliant white as bright as an airplane landing light seen head on >from 10 miles. (I'm familiar with landing patterns at John Wayne). > >Definately not a re-entry. Was travelling waaaay too fast. I estimate >it could have covered the whole sky in 10-15 seconds. > >Sorry for off topic but I don't have addresses of anyone to report >to offhand. List members, Fireball observations can be reported at the following URLs International meteor organization http://www.imo.net/fireball/index.html American Meteor Society http://amsmeteors.org/fireballs.html Its very improbable that the same object would be seen over Northern Wisconsin and in California, even with a time coincidence. The distance is just too great. Also of course the great circle track between the locations must be at least 30 degrees N or E in California. Enough of this topic Tony Beresford ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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