Meteor lights up sky over Yakima

[hummingbird69]

<b>Meteor lights up sky over Yakima</b><br /><br />09:40 AM PDT on Monday, October 2, 2006<br /><br /><b>Associated Press </b><br /><br />YAKIMA, Wash. - The flurry of calls began around 9 p.m. - reports of a meteor in the skies over Yakima. Several calls came in to the KING5 Newsroom, with witnesses saying they thought it landed east of Yakima. <br /><br />Asya Guerrero called The Associated Press to report what looked like a meteor. <br /><br />The 21-year-old Yakima realtor said "it looked like a shooting star," but closer. <br /><br />Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Mike O'Connor said skies were clear and there were no reports of aircraft in trouble in the area. He said he'd gotten about eight calls about the light in the sky at the agency's Renton office. <br /><br />A police officer in Union Gap who declined to give his name said he saw "something bright in the sky ... kind of like fireworks but up high, and then it went away." <br />63-year-old Mary Cline of Selah said what she saw was "just like a big bright light and it had a tail on it, kind of like a comet, but not real long." <br /><br />Cline added, "It seemed to be really close." She said she didn't hear it land, and that she only saw the bright light - "White, with a little bit of blue" - for a few seconds. <br /><br />There were no reports that the meteor had landed. Many burn up before they reach the ground. <br /><br />link

 

[MeteorWayne]

Interesting. I've had 2 reports of fireballs on the US east coast in the last 3 days.<br /><br />In the latest issue of WGN (The International Meteor Organizations journal) there is an analysis of fireball rates for the years 1962-1989. (It's one of the most continuous databases.)<br />There is a distinct peak around ~October 4th, which may include the Peekskill meteorite of Oct 9 1992.<br /><br />Sound like a good time to watch the sky in the evening (most fireballs, and almost ALL meteor falls occur before midnight when the objects are catching up to us from behind.) <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]

BTW, Thanks for posting this. I hadn't heard about it yet.<br /><br />We both have interest in meteors. Even we have that in common <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><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>

 

[hummingbird69]

MW<br /><br />Yes, sounds like a good time to watch the sky. <br /><br />I've watched some really cool meteorite showers , very active ones and would watch the balls with tails streak by. <br /><br />It is just as active out there as it is here on earth. <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" />

 

[hummingbird69]

MW<br /><br /><blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p>In the latest issue of WGN (The International Meteor Organizations journal) there is an analysis of fireball rates for the years 1962-1989. (It's one of the most continuous databases.) <br />There is a distinct peak around ~October 4th, which may include the Peekskill meteorite of Oct 9 1992. <br /><p><hr /></p></p></blockquote><br /><br />It may not be fire balls but I checked out your link and it seems that in Jan-Feb it mentions showers but says 2006. Past tense?<br /><br />Do you take photo's of these ? It would be cool to get a picture of a fireball?<br /><br />Maybe there will be another one tonite around the same location?

 

[MeteorWayne]

You probably just drilled to the 2006 calendar. If you poke around, the remainder of the 2006 year, and the 2007 calendar is there. Actually, 2007 is here: 2007 <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>

 

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