Thankyou for the replies. I saw a green flash a few years ago as the sun set behind a distant hill in Cornwall, and it can't possibly be confused with a meteor. It certainly didn't cross the sky - it occupied a tiny area where the limb of the sun dipped below the horizon. It's just sounds like people are fumbling for an explanation because no-one with any authority actually saw it! The timing does tie in with local sunset, which gives the idea credibility, but would so many people in different locations all see a green flash? It sounds odd to me, but then stranger things have happened! Regards, Andy Smith. > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Briggs [mailto:ebriggs@sympatico.ca] > Sent: 17 June 2009 14:52 > To: seesat-l@satobs.org > Subject: RE: Possible re-entry 2009-06-15 20:30 UTC Southern UK > > > How is it possible to identify a possible meteor shower as the green > flash? > > Eric > > ---------------------------------------- > > From: steve@daniels270.eclipse.co.uk > > To: seesat-l@satobs.org > > Subject: RE: Possible re-entry 2009-06-15 20:30 UTC Southern UK > > Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:38:55 +0100 > > > > It's being reported as Green Flash. > > > > Steve > > G6UIM > > > > http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/news/Meteor-shower-rare-green- > flash-sighti > > ng/article-1083282-detail/article.html > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andy [mailto:andy@television.f9.co.uk] > > Sent: 17 June 2009 12:26 > > To: SeeSat-L@satobs.org > > Subject: Possible re-entry 2009-06-15 20:30 UTC Southern UK > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm trying to follow up a possible re-entry along the south coast of > England > > at roughly the above time. Coastguards put it down to meteor showers, > but > > the meteor observing community discount this idea! Witness accounts > mention > > several objects glowing various colours. Does anyone have any > information? > > Could it have been related to the satellite collision a few months > ago? > > > > A BBC News report is here: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8102331.stm > > > > Regards, > > Andy Smith, > > G7IZU Radio Reflection Detection Page > > http://www.tvcomm.co.uk/radio > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L > archive: > > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L > archive: > > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L > archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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