Meteor in USA northwest?

[bdewoody]

I saw this morning on the news the sighting of a meteor in Washington State. They reported that a pilot saw it strike the ground. Anybody got any info on this? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <em><font size="2">Bob DeWoody</font></em> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

How's this <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /><br /><br />Seattle, WA:<br />http://www.kirotv.com/news/15340972/detail.html<br />http://www.komotv.com/news/15763632.html<br />http://q13.trb.com/news/kcpq-021908meteor,0,2515216.story<br /><br />Spokane, WA:<br />http://www.krem.com/topstories/stories/krem2_021908_fireball. <br />9d674de.html<br />http://www.kxly.com/Global/story.asp?S=7891920<br />http://www.khq.com/Global/story.asp?S=7891748&nav=menu438_2<br /><br />Portland, OR:<br />http://www.kptv.com/news/15340521/detail.html<br />http://www.koin.com/Global/story.asp?S=7893169<br />http://www.katu.com/news/15763197.html<br />http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_021908_news_meteor_sighting. <br />9ef882f.html<br /><br />Boise, ID:<br />http://www.2news.tv/news/15764942.html<br />http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-feb1908-meteor.9e44227.html <br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

I would note that the reports say the Horizons airline pilot reported seeing something hit the ground 15 minutes AFTER the fireball. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[weeman]

Pfft....is that all the sources you could come up with, Wayne!? <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><strong><font color="#ff0000">Techies: We do it in the dark. </font></strong></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>"Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.</strong><strong>" -Albert Einstein </strong></font></p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

On short notice, yeah <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[cyclonebuster]

http://www.spokesmanreview.com/media/video/?ID=1559

 

[cyclonebuster]

http://videos.oregonlive.com/oregonian/2008/02/meteor_streaks_over_morning_sk.html

 

[MeteorWayne]

Yes, we've seen that many times, however is a bit better in full screen, though the view is too blown up for the native resolution.<br /><br />I notice in this, and several other views the meteoroid appears to detonate above the surface of the ground.<br />One security camera view did appear to be a ground impact, but with all the others that show the terminal flare well above the surface, I suspect it was just that particular perspective.<br /><br />Until the actual path can be triangulated (so the distance of all these views can be calculated) we can't judge individual ones.<br /><br />Sure wish I had seen it, though!!<br /><br />MW <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[cyclonebuster]

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/02/20/am.hotshots.meteor.cnn

 

[rybanis]

Yes, this happened a few miles to the west of Spokane the other morning. I was asleep for another half hour when it happened <img src="/images/icons/frown.gif" /><br /><br />The all the news channels were in a furor about it, though. Made for hilarious TV. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[bdewoody]

So has anyone ventured a guess as to how big this thing was? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <em><font size="2">Bob DeWoody</font></em> </div>