[meteorite-list] Satellite Reentry Witness 3

[Jeff Pringle]

In late August of '99 I was camping in the Nevada desert. One evening, as 
twilight turned into darkness, a fireball burned across the sky from horizon 
to horizon (that's a pretty big distance in the Nv desert!). I caught sight 
of it at about 1/3 of the way across. It was traveling directly east at a 
leisurely pace (compared to meteors), leaving a wide, glittering  trail of 
many colors which hung in the air for a moment or three after. The most 
amazing celestial spectacle I've ever seen, suprising and awesome.
I remember finding out that it was a satellite reentry, but don't recall the 
details.

Jeff