February 15th, 2009 Fireball Sighting Reports

Date: February 15th, 2009 Fireball Sighting %cats=Fireball Reports
Time Of Sighting: time narrowed down to appx 8:45pm. Was on phone at time of sighting.
Report: DID NO ONE ELSE SEE THIS??? I was inside my daughter’s home (visiting from Seattle) and lying in big bay window, on phone, gazing at stars visible between light cloud scatter. Saw bright flash, and then immediate fireball materialized at zenith. Fireball was white at center, with orange flares to sides, and bright white tail. Tail had orange “sparkles” on outside of white area, which lingerd after white part of tail faded. At one point could still see the tail from zenith to horizon, and called daughter to come see, but all faded before she could get there. I don’t remember a flash on the horizon when the ball disappeared from view, but there WAS a flash a split second before the fireball emerged. I did see the entire event from zenith to horizon. REMARKABLE!
Name: Joanna Emerson
Location: Oswego, New York
Coordinates: Unknown…visiting from Seattle
Constellations: mixed clouds. unsure.
Direction Of Travel: West
Altitude: Began at Zenith
Angle of Decent In Degrees: appx 30 degrees
Color of Fireball: orange and white
Brightness: -13 (full moon brigtness for brief moment before fireball visible.
Duration: 3 seconds to cross sky; trail lasted total of 4-5 seconds.
Sonic Boom: No
Crackling Static Sound: No
Whizzing or Whooshing Sound: No
Impact: No
Have A Meteorite: No
Email: jmemers@aol.com
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