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Re: **** Fireballs......

Sounds like the one I saw a year ago, here in houston texas. It also
traveled from west to east and was at least four pieces traveling in a line
together. They lasted about 20-30 seconds before going beyond my view point
towards Lousiana.
I wish I had my cam-corder at that time.
-----Original Message-----
From: Verish, Robert S <RVerish@jftl.jpl.nasa.gov>
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
<meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 10:11 PM
Subject: RE: **** Fireballs......


>From:  bruce_musson@dofasco.ca
>
>     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.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: CMcdon0923@aol.com [mailto:CMcdon0923@aol.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 7:27 PM
>To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
>Subject: Midwest Fireball......
>
>
>Just caught the end of a report on the nightly TV news here in Dallas,
>TX......
>
>There was a major fireball that came out of the west, at approximately
18:00
>
>hours local time this evening.   THERE IS VIDEO of the final few seconds of
>the object, caught by an amateur.   It closely resembles Peekskill, in that
>there were at least four distinct pieces, each trailing smaller pieces
>behind.   Reports were that it was multi-colored.
>
>The news was clear to point out that it (almost certainly) could not have
>been a Leonid, due to both the time it occurred, and the fac that it came
>out
>of the West.  They offered the possibilities that it may have been
>reentering
>space debris or a satellite, or "just" a non-Leonid meteorite.
>
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