[meteorite-list] Fireball report from this morning in Utah

[E.P. Grondine]

Hi all - 

There's that green color again. last time it was lime
green. He probably saw something, but which direction
he saw it fall is another question.

good hunting,
Ed

--- Chris Peterson <clp at alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:

> No reports here.
> 
> When you are 9 miles "south" of Mesquite on I15 you
> are actually driving 
> west, and I don't recall a rest area around there,
> so I'm not sure where 
> the guy is talking about. If you talk with him, be
> very careful with 
> directions. You really feel like you are driving
> south on that stretch, 
> but you aren't.
> 
> Given where he apparently saw it, it sounds like it
> might be SE of Las 
> Vegas somewhere. It might have been a good show from
> Vegas, but I don't 
> know how much faith you'd put in witnesses who are
> outside at 3am <g>.
> 
> Chris
> 
> *****************************************
> Chris L Peterson
> Cloudbait Observatory
> http://www.cloudbait.com
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Farmer" <meteoriteguy at yahoo.com>
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 12:43 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Fireball report from this
> morning in Utah
> 
> 
> > This is a fireball report that I just recieved.
> Anyone
> > else get and reports of a possible fall in
> Utah/Nevada
> > this morning?
> > Mike Farmer
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> > I am a truck driver, i drive between Cedar City,
> UT
> > and Primm, NV. I see alot of meteors and some are
> > incredible. This morning i was driving south on
> I15
> > about 9 miles south of Mesquite, NV.  I saw a
> green
> > one come out of the west in a ENE track, it fell
> thru
> > a thin cloud layer and grounded west of the small
> > mountain range to the east. That range is no more
> than
> > 15 miles from I15. If you stand in the rest area
> and
> > look due east that is the area of impact. It
> stayed
> > bright until 15 degrees above the horizon. As i
> have
> > said,
> > I see these things every night, but never this
> bright,
> > never this sustained, and i have never seen one so
> > close.
> > Oh and it was around 3am....
> >
> > Anyway, i wanted to share the sighting so if your
> up
> > this way, maybe you can find it.
> >
> > Take care,
> >
> > Tom Cook
> > 702-813-5304  midnight-noon 7 days
> 
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