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(meteorobs) Re: FIREBALLS people !!
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Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 00:34:13 -0700
From: "Jim and Jan Gamble" <gamble@peoplepc.com>
Subject: (meteorobs) FIREBALLS people !!
OK...If this isn't the place to discuss significant
fireballs, somebody say so. +++snip!+++
If not, please direct me to the appropriate list.
Thanx
Jim Gamble
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Hello Jim,
As per your request, here are some recent reports:
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Now here are some of your eyewitness reports from
around the world:
by Sally Neuhaus <sneuhaus@txcyber.com>
I live outside of Somerville, Texas and last week on
my day off I had to go over to Brenham, Tx. to do some
shopping. Upon my return home, I was coming down Hwy.
36 and approaching the stoplight in Somerville when
what seemed to be almost right in front of me a huge
Meteor type object scooted across the sky. It lasted
what seemed like a minute or more. It was absolutely
the most beautiful site you can imagine. It was a
large bright white/silver light, round, solid looking,
with a blue light mixed in with the whiteish silver
light extending into a long tail. The blue was so
bright and such a beautiful color of blue. I waited
to see if anything would be on the news that evening
about it or in the newspaper, but alas, nothing. I
know I couldn't have been the only one to see this
beautiful object. But no media coverage. I don't
understand. The first thing that came to my mind was
like in the prophecy's about "blue star". I don't
quite know what else to say, other that it was a site
I will never forget. I also had the feeling this had
some special meaning to it although I am clueless as
to what at this point. I have a feeling of uneasiness
in these past few weeks as if something important is
about to happen and the feeling continues to get
stronger as the days go by.
Sent in by Denise R Prichard <creators@es.co.nz>
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Fireball Spotted In Christchurch
Peter Fowler (Staff Reporter )
30 Dec 2000 (10:12 )
A Christchurch man says a fireball seen by many people
in Canterbury yesterday was big and bright, and
appeared to hit the ground. Des Logan was driving back
from Akaroa with his son at about 5pm when he saw what
seemed to be a large light, which he said fell
vertically to the ground.
An astronomer at Mount John observatory in Canterbury
said several pilots also saw the fireball.
It was thought most likely to have been a meteor, and
it was not unusual for these to be bright enough to
show up during daylight hours. There have so far been
no reports of an impact.
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Sent in by: <sun-net@ntlworld.com>
Pilot treated to meteor light show
The pilot of a commercial airliner flying over the
West Coast this afternoon was treated to a 15 minute
light show as what appears to be a meteor crashed
through Earth's atmosphere.
A number of people phoned police in Christchurch and
Greymouth as intense white and orange lights blazed
across the skies this afternoon [Dec. 29].
The lights were followed by a dust trail, which a
spokesman at the Mt John Observatory in Tekapo says is
typical of a meteorite.
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by "Bob" <rmc123@bellatlantic.net>
Yonkers New York, I observed a flash of bluish white
light which filled my field of view from a living room
window. This did not appear to be lightening as I did
not observe a lightening bolt or did it appear to come
from any particular direction. This flash was
accompanied by a loud low roar which lasted approx.
10- 15 seconds (which I consider unusual). Other
conditions were heavy snow falling at the time,
approx. 2- 3 inches on the ground. Just reporting an
observation.
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