RE: Bolide over South Bay?

From: Michelle Stone (michellestone@No-Spam)
Date: Fri Jul 11 2003 - 20:44:51 MST

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    As I was driving through Gilroy late Wednesday night, one came down not 100
    feet from my car. It burned out about 40 feet from the deck. The most
    amazing thing I have ever seen.

    Michelle
    http://www.plettstone.com

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: sf-bay-tac-bounces@No-Spam [mailto:sf-bay-tac-bounces@No-Spam]On
    > Behalf Of kevin@No-Spam
    > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 10:37 PM
    > To: sf-bay-tac@No-Spam
    > Subject: [TAC] Bolide over South Bay?
    >
    >
    > 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
    >



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