[meteorite-list] BRight Green Fireball..North GA.

[Chris Peterson]

It's very unlikely it was under the clouds. It is fairly common for 
fireballs to shine through clouds, however, and they are usually 
perceived as below even though they are miles above. This effect has 
been caught on videos.

No shortage of technical errors in the referenced article, either 
(what's new?). I particularly liked this interesting construction:

"Astronomers believe a 10-mile-wide meteor that hit Mexico caused the 
extinction of the dinosaurs, Byrd said.

Corley said he saw the event from his home."

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "kevin decker" <innocentwolf15 at hotmail.com>
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 4:21 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] BRight Green Fireball..North GA.


>A few of the guys at work were talking about an event that happened 
>over Chickamauga Ga,Last evening,they saw A bright green fireball.It 
>went horizon to horizon,under the cloud cover we had.and still have 
>here.I didn't see it,but heres a report on 
>it.http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/061129/light.shtml