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I apologize if this report is a bit long winded.
The initial light of yellow/orange caught my eye while traveling southbound in my vehicle. It almost immediately turned a very bright green (traffic light green) and I initially mistook it for an aircraft at low altitude. In a moment I realized it must be a meteor at high altitude due to its extreme rate of decent and very high speed. It burned out around 20 degrees over the horizon. (No noticeable airburst)
Angle of decent was steep, perhaps a little less than a 45 degree angle, picture a minute hand aimed between 7 and 8 o’clock. I was initially excited over the low angle on the horizon, thinking potentially it could be a small meteorite, but it seemed to disappear, while still pretty high up, assuming that it was very far south of me.
Overall, i am excited to see one as intense/bright as this, much stronger than I have seen while out stargazing, though without the sort of taiI have seen on some.
It is very unlikely, but possible that I had seen some other type of aircraft, though the speed and rate of decent rules that out. (Speed would have been suicidal at that altitude) Also the green would have to be a wing light, on the left side of the craft, that would only have been on for 2-3 seconds. So I say with 99.9% certainty that what I saw and reported on was a genuine meteor. |
