[meteorite-list] Huge Daylight Fireball Video?

[Chris Peterson]

Very slow- just like a plane. The thing takes a good 5 minutes to go from 
its starting point to behind a foreground hill.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <GeoZay at aol.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Huge Daylight Fireball Video?


>
>>>It appears to be lit by the setting  Sun. It could be an odd contrail-
> certainly the speed and motion are about  right. But it's got an unusual
> head
> for a contrail. Maybe an aircraft or  balloon that is venting something,
> perhaps for some kind of  experiment?<<
>
> I'm not able to get the video to show motion...just a  single fuzzy photo.
> For those who can see it move, is it's apparent motion of  that of an
> airplane or satellite or faster? Slower? If it appears quite  slow...could 
> be a
> balloon, but that's a dirty word for those ufo boys. :O) It  does have an 
> odd
> looking head. Wished I knew where it was taken...could be a  military 
> flare
> maybe? I know there was a series of those dropped near phoenix  about 12
> years ago that spooked the general public. It ended up being the  Maryland
> national guard over a nearby gunnery range. Huh.....
> GeoZay