[meteorite-list] NEW FALL?! Need help from the list.

[Chris Peterson]

This does look like a fireball. Its intensity profile and lack of 
terminal explosion makes me think it was fairly high altitude. Since it 
disappears over the horizon, I'd estimate that it stopped burning 
several hundred miles away, probably near Lake Ontario. I doubt it 
produced meteorites. Maybe one of the allsky cameras in the Toronto area 
caught this as well.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Gilmer" <michael_w_gilmer at yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 7:31 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] NEW FALL?! Need help from the list.


> Hi All,
>
> A friend of mine managed to catch what appears to be
> fireball with an impact on his webcam.  He is an
> amateur astronomer with a webcam setup and caught the
> fireball on a time lapse sequence.
>
> Can anyone with some experience watch this video and
> render an informed opinion?  And if this is a meteor
> streaking in and hitting the Earth, where should he
> report this to?
>
> http://www.wunderground.com/webcams/Strgazr27/1/video.html?month=02&year=2008&filename=current.flv
>
>
> Pay attention to the first 10 seconds or so of the
> video.
> Click on the play icon and watch from the left side
> of the screen.
>
> My friend's description of the video :
>
> "This was taken looking NW out of my second story
> bedroom window. This would be looking towards the
> Westchester NY area just N or New York City. "
>
> Any input or thoughts on what to do with this?
>
> MikeG
>
> PS - I'd love to go hunt it down, but I am not free
> to travel! (assuming it's a meteorite)