august 12 2010 eyewitness meteorite accountPosted By Michael Madsen |
An account of a meteorite sighting from Saddlebag Lake in the Sierras 10,300 feet elevation.
"Sorry if I didn't explain it right....--It didn't really sail over the
> sky.
> > While I've seen many of those while in the sierras, this one was
> different.
> > You could see it was losing altitude and the popping/cracking sounds were
> > happening..... Just before it disappeared/disintegrated there was a
> white
> > ballish looking flash. The flash was located on the bottom,-- at the end
> > of it's journey. When it first began, you could see it was losing
> > elevation rather than floating through the sky overhead if that makes
> sense.
> > The others in our group heard the popping sounds while in their tent. At
> > first I thought it was rock fall and simply a coincidence that a rock
> > fall had occurred precisely during the meteor's travel. My friend Kay
> > and both saw it because we were in our sleeping bags with our heads
> > sticking out of the tent to watch the sky. We were stunned.
> >
> > This happened Sat night 8/7........... very amazing...... oh and I
> > forgot to mention the stream was visably much wider than your usual
> > meteor dancing through the sky...........
> >
> > Last item, there was a post online of someone inquiring if anyone had
> > seen the meteor. I tried to respond but it seemed to be a private
> > astronomy site so I was unable to access it."
If anyone else has a similar report, or witnessed an event on August 7,2010, etc. I would like to hear from you.
Thanks,
Mike Madsen
"Sorry if I didn't explain it right....--It didn't really sail over the
> sky.
> > While I've seen many of those while in the sierras, this one was
> different.
> > You could see it was losing altitude and the popping/cracking sounds were
> > happening..... Just before it disappeared/disintegrated there was a
> white
> > ballish looking flash. The flash was located on the bottom,-- at the end
> > of it's journey. When it first began, you could see it was losing
> > elevation rather than floating through the sky overhead if that makes
> sense.
> > The others in our group heard the popping sounds while in their tent. At
> > first I thought it was rock fall and simply a coincidence that a rock
> > fall had occurred precisely during the meteor's travel. My friend Kay
> > and both saw it because we were in our sleeping bags with our heads
> > sticking out of the tent to watch the sky. We were stunned.
> >
> > This happened Sat night 8/7........... very amazing...... oh and I
> > forgot to mention the stream was visably much wider than your usual
> > meteor dancing through the sky...........
> >
> > Last item, there was a post online of someone inquiring if anyone had
> > seen the meteor. I tried to respond but it seemed to be a private
> > astronomy site so I was unable to access it."
If anyone else has a similar report, or witnessed an event on August 7,2010, etc. I would like to hear from you.
Thanks,
Mike Madsen
