[meteorite-list] Met Central posting problems

[Matson, Robert]

Alright, now that's irritating.  "Test" messages go through, but real
posts don't.  Will try again with my third attempt of a bolide report
post from last night:

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Originally sent:  3/1/2007 10:20pm PST
Resent:  3/2/2007 1:50pm PST
Sending now:  3/2/2007 2:14pm PST

Hi All,

Was out getting the mail and was treated to a nice fireball
descending and moving right-to-left, starting in Cassiopeia in
the northwest.  The particulars in case someone else in the
southern California area saw it:

Date:  3/1/2007
Time:  8:25 pm PST
Location:  Irvine, CA (33.631N, 117.817W)
Starting azimuth:  320 +/- 5
Starting elevation:  22 +/- 2 deg
Ending azimuth:  295 +/- 5
Ending elevation:  12 deg +/- 1 deg
Duration:  3-4 seconds
Speed:  on the slow side
Brightness:  -7 to -8
Color:  orange
Comments:  no fragmentation, but a "thick" meteor track
about a quarter-degree wide in the cross-track direction.

No sonic booms heard any time in the following 4 minutes.
I'm about 90% sure I heard electrophonic hissing coincident
with the visible display.  I can't be 100% sure, but it may
have been the hissing that prompted me to turn and see the
meteor.  I was standing near a tree, a metal light poll, and
the somewhat large metal box containing all the mailboxes
for my end of the street.

--Rob