Dear List,
For what it is worth I saw the fireball last night (9:21pm CDT) that was seen over parts of the south central USA. I saw it as I was driving norhwest on rt 63 towards Jonesboro Arkansas. Unfortunately I can provide little reliable information on its angle, direction of travel etc. As I was driving in heavy traffic I first thought that I was being passed by a truck as a brilliant yellowish light appeared to my right. When I realized that it was not a truck I turned my head towards it and saw it moving downwards and towards the right before going to extinction within 20 degrees of the horizen (more or less towards the southeast). I never really had a chance to put it on my fovea as I was driving at high speed in heavy traffic. However, I can say a few things.
1. It was much brighter than the full moon
2. It probably did not go to extinction nearby, as it descended to a very low angle
3. I first thought that it might be fireworks, but the fact that it illuminated cirrus clouds in that part of the sky indicated otherwise. It took me a few seconds to sort that out however.
4. It was rather orange
5. My wife also got a very brief look at it when I shouted about it. She thought that it fragmented before extinction. She also noted patches of orange light within the fireball.
6. I did not crash the car
Anyhow, I hope that this thing produced some meteorites and that somebody has the good luck to find them.
Sincerely,
Stephen McMann
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