Colorado Daylight Fireball 05 Oct 2004

On October 05, around 13:30 MDT (19:30 UT), a daytime fireball
occurred over Colorado. Does anyone have visual or video observations
of this event?

Peter Jenniskens

E-mail:

Ed Majden wrote:
On October 05, around 13:30 MDT (19:30 UT), a daytime fireball
occurred over Colorado. Does anyone have visual or video observations
of this event?

Peter Jenniskens

E-mail:


Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn!
I missed it. :-(
http://tinyurl.com/6tz8v
With a link to Chris P's site.

Shawn

"Shawn" wrote in message
...
Ed Majden wrote:
On October 05, around 13:30 MDT (19:30 UT), a daytime fireball
occurred over Colorado. Does anyone have visual or video observations
of this event? Peter Jenniskens

E-mail:


Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn!
I missed it. :-(

I once observed a fireball just after sunset. It was pure dumb luck.
I was driving home and noticed that all of a sudden, the light had
a greenish cast to it. I looked up and a green fireball was shooting
across the sky. It was in the FOV through my car window. As it
approached the horizon, it burst into three pieces. Left a smoke
trail that hung in the sky for a few minutes.

Would have been much nicer had I been outside with a full
view, but no complaints.

Would love to see another one.

Alan

Alan Dana wrote:

"Shawn" wrote in message
...

Ed Majden wrote:

On October 05, around 13:30 MDT (19:30 UT), a daytime fireball
occurred over Colorado. Does anyone have visual or video observations
of this event? Peter Jenniskens

E-mail:



Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn!
I missed it. :-(


I once observed a fireball just after sunset. It was pure dumb luck.


Errrmmm... It's not like you can accurately plan these sitings in advance...

Scott Lowther wrote:


Alan Dana wrote:

"Shawn" wrote in message
...

Ed Majden wrote:

On October 05, around 13:30 MDT (19:30 UT), a daytime fireball
occurred over Colorado. Does anyone have visual or video observations
of this event? Peter Jenniskens

E-mail:



Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn!
I missed it. :-(


I once observed a fireball just after sunset. It was pure dumb luck.



Errrmmm... It's not like you can accurately plan these sitings in
advance...

No, but with looking up at the stars at night and watching the weather
during the day (I fly too, so I'm fairly weather obsessed) I figure I up
my odds.

Shawn

"Shawn" wrote in message
...
Scott Lowther wrote:


Alan Dana wrote:
I once observed a fireball just after sunset. It was pure dumb luck.



Errrmmm... It's not like you can accurately plan these sitings in advance...

No, but with looking up at the stars at night and watching the weather during the day (I
fly too, so I'm fairly weather obsessed) I figure I up my odds.

Yes, this is what I had in mind. After thousands of hours of observing the
sky at night and watching sunrises and sunsets, I see a great fireball while
driving and was lucky to do so. I would have been home and parked
in my garage if I had left work two minutes earlier. Even as I watched it,
I remember thinking about how thankful I was for my good fortune.

What a sight it would have been at night. Probably would have jumped
out of my shoes.

Alan

On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 21:55:47 GMT, Ed Majden wrote:

On October 05, around 13:30 MDT (19:30 UT), a daytime fireball
occurred over Colorado. Does anyone have visual or video observations
of this event?

I'm still seeking witnesses for this event. However, details of the resulting
meteorite are at http://www.cloudbait.com/science/bermet.html . The meteorite
landed within 100 feet of three people!

_________________________________________________

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