That close to Tokyo, I'd suspect Rodan or Mothra <g>. Seriously, it sounds like a spectacular thing to see. Interesting factoid about the frequency the pilots see such fireballs.
(If the Peekskill car is worth ~100K, imagine what a dented container ship would go for on eBay!) Chris ***************************************** Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Farmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 3:51 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] LARGE fireball report! >I just landed in Dallas and want to report a > spectacular fireball! I was sitting on the flight out > of Tokyo and about 1 hour out ~8:15 pm Tokyo time, I > saw what I thought was another airplane outside. I was > watching a movie in First Class (the seats turn and > face the windows is why I mention that, so the TV is > actully lift up in front of the window) and I saw a > flash and light. I looked out and it was an incredible > fireball traveling north by east, apparently with the > airplane as it moved much slower than it would have > obviously to someone on the ground. It was bright > green and never broke up. It was traveling at a very > low angle. > Simply amazing that it would catch my attention while > watching a movie in a bright airplane interior. > I spoke to the pilots later and they were excited > about it, of course they saw it in all it's glory. One > told me that he sees one like that once or twice a > year. > Too bad it was over the Pacific Ocean with no chance > of impact (except maybe a container ship)! That would > be really cool, and worth a small fortune. > Mike Farmer ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
