I was up at Monte Bello tonight facing south, south east just as the Bolide
lit up the sky. Jeff C or Marek C partially blocked my view of the object,
but I remember seeing their sillhouette just before it emerged from behind
them. I thought it was a flash from a camera at first, then from my view, it
appeared to break up into at least two separate pieces as it headed toward
the ground. The light streak seemed to extinguish prior to hitting the
earth. Very bright, yellow with a hint of orange. Casey
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey Crilly" <jlc@No-Spam>
To: "The Astronomy Connection" <sf-bay-tac@No-Spam>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 1:45 AM
Subject: Re: [TAC] Bolide over South Bay?
> ok.. we thought maybe it was late fireworks.
>
> Up at montebello tonight (last night?) I was
> standing with my back to the south-south-east,
> and suddenly it got very bright - as if someone
> took a flash picture - I could see shadows
> in front of me. I turned around and
> saw flaming stuff falling downward.
>
> Others saw it, and assumed it was fireworks.
> But with these widespread reports it sounds
> more like a bolide.
>
> This thing was bright... it cast more light
> than the near-full moon!
>
> As for location... my guess is that it was
> pretty far south-south-east. Maybe even over
> the ocean.
>
> --- kevin@No-Spam wrote:
> > Did anyone else see a *very* bright meteor falling a
> > ways to the south of
> > Oakland, around 10 this evening? Either that, or
> > the brightest wayward Roman
> > candle of my life. From my viewpoint driving down
> > Highway 13 near Piedmont, it
> > looked like it was falling somewhere in the general
> > direction of Mt. Hamilton.
> > Started as a slowly falling Venus-like star about 60
> > degrees above due south,
> > flared extremely bright a few degrees above the
> > horizon, and then sputtered into
> > many short trails before disappearing.
> >
> > If any of you were in a position to triangulate,
> > maybe we can go meteorite
> > hunting ;-).
> >
> > Kevin
>