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Re: Overnight Fireball in Connecticut

Hi List,

Obviously these are two different events:-), but to clear up some
misconceptions.  Unless one suffers from a 'depth perception' problem, I
doubt that a bolide and ball lightening could be confused.   Ball lightening
is relatively 'up close and personal'.  A bolide that close would be
unmistakable.  It is a question of distance and perception.

Also with regard to sound, ball lightening sometimes makes a sound, other
times not.

Cheers,
Julia
-----Original Message-----
From: dean bessey <deantemp@hotmail.com>
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
<meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thursday, October 07, 1999 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: Overnight Fireball in Connecticut


|Last night the 6th. All of the info that I have I included in my two
earlier
|e-mails - unedited. Remember that I am not the witness. It is one of my
|clients and so I need to conceal his identity . I have seen ball lightening
|though. I cant imagine that it would splinter and drop off pieces. Ball
|lightening  is a orange ball that travels around whole. To bad we dont know
|about if there was noise. Ball lightening dont drop striat down either.
This
|dont sound like ball lightening to me
|DEAN
|>
|>
|>From: "jjswaim" <MissionControl@email.msn.com>
|>To: "Ron Baalke" <BAALKE@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov>,"Art Scarselli"
|><Bosn5@aol.com>,"dean bessey" <deantemp@hotmail.com>,"meteorite-list"
|><meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
|>Subject: Re: Overnight Fireball in Connecticut
|>Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 12:24:26 -0400
|>
|>Hi Dean, Ron and list,
|>
|>Time warp:-) or date confusion?   Dean, we need to if the 'overnight' to
|>which you refer was 10/6 as would be the assumption.  Or was this report
|>delayed?  Ron Baalke's post on ball lightening was on 10/5, so we could be
|>talking about two different events.  Further,  I don't think ball
|>lightening
|>breaks up into fragments, especially as described.  What were the weather
|>conditions at the time of the reported sighting?
|>
|>Best Regards,
|>Julia
|>-----Original Message-----
|>From: Ron Baalke <BAALKE@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov>
|>To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
|><meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
|>Date: Thursday, October 07, 1999 11:20 AM
|>Subject: Re: Overnight Fireball in Connecticut
|>
|>
|>|
|>|>One of my auction bidders reported a fireball in Connecticut overnight.
|>Here
|>|>is a transcript of his description.
|>|
|>|I just recently talked with a woman from Connecticut, who with her son,
|>|saw a fireball.  They concluded that they saw a ball lightning
|>|because they were quite close to the fireball (no sound) and it had
|>|some bizarre movement which you wouldn't expect from a meteor.  Anyway,
|>|this converstation prompted me to inquire about ball lightning to this
|>|list, since I've never heard of them before.
|>|
|>|Ron Baalke
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