RE: Bolide over South Bay?

From: Michelle Stone (michellestone@No-Spam)
Date: Sat Jul 12 2003 - 15:13:01 MST

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    I was around Morgan Hill somewhere. I dont' recall the exact location.... I
    was just trying to keep on the highway ;)

    Michelle

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: sf-bay-tac-bounces@No-Spam [mailto:sf-bay-tac-bounces@No-Spam]On
    > Behalf Of P T Chambers
    > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 10:20 PM
    > To: The Astronomy Connection
    > Subject: RE: [TAC] Bolide over South Bay?
    >
    >
    > Where -exactly- were you at the time. That was it. We should go search
    > the area.
    >
    > ---------
    > Phil Chambers [ptchamb@No-Spam] (S.F. Bay Area - Calif. USA)
    >
    > On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, Michelle Stone wrote:
    >
    > >
    > > 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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