The reports in Kansas seem to be around 7:30 p.m. local time Friday PM (0:30 UTC Oct. 14). There's an eyewitness report on the sci.astro.amateur newsgroup who says he saw it from Wichita, Kansas, at 7:31 and mentions a newspaper story. That story is still online on this page: http://web.wichitaeagle.com/content/wichitaeagle/2000/10/14/localnews/ The title of the story is, "Suspicious lights in the sky prove harmless". If it was seen in Texas at 0:15 and Kansas at 0:30, that's very roughly 500 km in 15 minutes, or about 0.55 km per second average speed. I received a private e-mail from an eyewitness in Oklahoma and have replied requesting details. A meteor observer has published a story and "suggested track" on this site: http://www.meteors.com/cometlinear/midwestern_fireball.html There are another eyewitness report or two here under the discussion topic, "What was it?": http://www.meteors.com/cometlinear/discussion.shtml There's also an indirect report from a National Weather Service employee in Kansas at this location; he reports regarding many reports they received where he works: http://www.egroups.com/message/imo-news/399 I'm not sure if there have been any more helpful elements on OIG. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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