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Re: (meteorobs) RE: Fireballs over Southern Ontario ?

check this out...

Alex
----- Original Message -----
From: <bruce_musson@dofasco.ca>
To: <meteorobs@jovian.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 9:35 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) RE: Fireballs over Southern Ontario ?


> I'm just the messenger...
> This is the description from my brother, his two children, and some other
> passerbys.
> They were standing outside, at 19:10 today, Nov.16/99 EST  and saw 5
> fireballs (simultaneously) travel across the southern sky.
> His position was west of Hamilton, Ontario and south of Lake Ontario at
> about 43.22 lattitude and -79.75 longitude.
> What they saw were 5 fireballs (1 large with 4 small behind it) that
looked
> like flaming balls and sparks trailing. They travelled west to east from a
> position of just below Mars in the sky, to just below Jupiter.
> Probably no more than 15 degrees above the horizon.
> Curiously they did not spread out, nor dissipate, and were still 'flaming'
> as they finally disappeared from sight, and even more curious...they
seemed
> to take about 20 seconds (yes I know... rather long) to traverse the
> southern sky and he described them as looking just like the intro to the
> Bruce Willis movie... and were somewhat frightened. They looked close
enough
> to hit something, but didn't.
> I asked for colours, like blue or green, and he said it looked like 5
> objects on fire, and that was the colour... with sparks like fireworks
> behind each fireball... and in a straight line.
> The sun set here at about 16:50  .
> Any other sightings ??
> Bruce - Ancaster, Ontario.
>
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