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I head a local astronomy group, the Odyssey Astronomy Club, which holds regular stargazing viewing sessions. I've watched many meteor showers, including the 2001 Leonid meteor storm, over the last four decades and have spotted a number of unexpected early evening fireballs. At 7:53 PM Jan. 24, I sent this message to the owner of the observatory where my astronomy club holds viewing sessions, "At 7:00 PM Jan. 24, I saw a bright, white, slow moving fireball in the southwest sky as I was exiting I-35 onto Robinson St in Norman, Oklahoma. It was the best fireball I've seen in years. It was the shape of a lightbulb and looked like it was on a trajectory to crash into Earth southwest of here. . . ." Moments after the fireball disappeared, I checked the time and found it was 7:00 PM. Video footage taken by a Dallas motorist, about 180 miles south of where I live shows what must have been the same fireball. The time stamp on the video displays 19:59:xx. I have to assume the time on the camera is off by an hour. I saw the fireball at 18:59:xx. You can view the Texas video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAumMYWYgmU |
