The location of these sightings is near Edmonton Alberta W113.53, dec N53.52 Time zone MDT: UT -6 Time of event for two of the observations May 10, 6:35 UT and the third one was off by about 1 hr. The only decayed objects I can locate that match, decayed (I assume) late on May 7 or on the morning of May 8. They were Cosmos 1145 r, and SL-6 R/B. Two others are not likely as Ariane 42 is in an equatorial orbit and PSLV deb is retrograde Thanks for any help pinning down any possibilities. Larry Wood =========================== Fireballs early this morning? I'm glad someone else saw it too. Strangest meteor (if that's what it was) that I've ever seen. First caught a bright orange glow through a treetop at 12:35 am about 350 degrees az. and about 40 degrees off the horizon. It was close to due north when it came into clear view and there were actually several (at least ten) traveling southeast stretching out over about a 20 degree field. They started dying out at about 45 degrees with the last two actually making it to about 90. These were also the slowest moving meteors I've ever seen. I was too awestruck to think about timing the event but my best guess is that it lasted about 10 seconds. I didn't hear any noise at all. Kinda like fireworks without the boom. Shelly ========================================================== Have had 2 calls so far today... * Edmonton area 12:35 AM... claimed to be sober... object moving north to northeast... leaving trail of sparks... not sure how long it lasted. Gave caller the MIAC website report form URL.. No noise heard. * Wabamun area 1:40 AM... driving home after playing cards with Mom on Mothers Day (how sweet is that...)... moving NW to SE... came up from behind (thought a semi was about to hit him)... passed by and broke apart into 2 million pieces... bright orange. Dan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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