[meteorite-list] Slow Moving Fireball Over North Carolina

[Richard Montgomery]

FLASH!!!   All sales of slow-moving 10:35 Eastern Daylight Savings Time 
fireballs are hereby suspended....and will remain so, until an additional 
swath of abdomenal hairy meteoritic hammer-hair grows back.  This is no 
April Fools joke....seriously!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Deckert" <edeckert at triad.rr.com>
To: "Stuart McDaniel" <actionshooting at carolina.rr.com>; "Jim Wooddell" 
<nf114ec at npgcable.com>; <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Slow Moving Fireball Over North Carolina


> OK - you definitely want the time and date.  The time was 10:35am Eastern 
> Daylight Savings Time - on APRIL 01, 2012.
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> Sooooo........
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> HAPPY APRIL FOOLINGS DAY!!!
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> ;-)
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> I do apologize for this, but what I said was partly true.  There was 
> indeed a slow moving fireball moving east to west that lit things up as 
> bright as day - it was the Sun.
>
> You can partly blame Mike Gilmer for inspiring me to do this by bringing 
> his Sylacauga hair post back to life.  I think he's used that twice now - 
> right, Mike?
>
> For those outside of the US who do not celebrate this great tradition of 
> April Fooling, I offer a second apology.  I think I had one or two people 
> going with this one.
>
> Ed
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Stuart McDaniel" <actionshooting at carolina.rr.com>
> To: "Jim Wooddell" <nf114ec at npgcable.com>; "Ed Deckert" 
> <edeckert at triad.rr.com>; <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 6:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Slow Moving Fireball Over North Carolina
>
>
>>I have had a couple recorded over the past week, but like Jim said I need 
>>a time.
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>> *****************************
>> Stuart McDaniel
>> Lawndale, NC
>> Secr.,
>> Cleve. Co. Astronomical Society
>>
>> IMCA #9052
>> Sirius Meteorites
>>
>> http://spacerocks.weebly.com
>> *********************************
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Jim Wooddell
>> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 5:59 PM
>> To: Ed Deckert ; Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Slow Moving Fireball Over North Carolina
>>
>> Hi Ed,
>>
>> It would help to have a date and exact time.
>>
>> Even if the cameras do not capture anything, an operator can go back and
>> make a movie (Sandia./NMSU network) for the time stated to determine if
>> there was anything out side of what triggers the recording to take place.
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>> Jim Wooddell
>> http://k7wfr.us
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Ed Deckert" <edeckert at triad.rr.com>
>> To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 9:06 AM
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Slow Moving Fireball Over North Carolina
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Hi List,
>>>
>>> I wanted to report on a personally witnessed, very slow-moving fireball 
>>> over central North Carolina, USA.  The fireball - so bright that it 
>>> illuminated the entire area as far as I could see.  Please believe me 
>>> when I say that it was as bright as day outside!  Never before have I 
>>> seen anything any brighter.
>>>
>>> Explosions were not heard, nor were there any break-ups witnessed.  The 
>>> fireball appeared first in the eastern sky, with a trajectory taking it 
>>> almost perfectly west.  Color was a bright white, perhaps slightly 
>>> yellowish.  I believe that I can say it was definitely not space junk.
>>>
>>> Anyone have anything on their all-sky cameras?  Doppler reports?  Other 
>>> sightings?  This thing was HUGE, and I doubt that I was the only one to 
>>> witness it.  Although I have not heard anything on the local news 
>>> channel. Very strange since they manage to report on ingrown toenails, 
>>> and poison ivy rash inflicted on local residents.
>>>
>>> If anyone can collaborate, it would be appreciated.  This has the 
>>> potential to be something really big!
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>> Ed Deckert
>>>
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