http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/page.cfm?objectid=12261512&method=full&siteid=50003 Fireball flashes across the sky October 7, 2002 People across Coventry and Warwickshire were among those who saw a fireball shoot across the sky early Sunday morning. Sightings were also reported along England's south coast and Wales. Coventry astronomer George Dunphy, aged 71, had been observing Jupiter and Saturn from his home in Wyken Avenue. He said: "I decided to call it a day at about 5.30am and I crawled upstairs to go to bed. Just as I was opening the curtains, there was a great fireball that went across the sky. "At first I thought it was probably a distress pistol from Coventry Airport and something had happened to an aircraft on the runway. "It lasted between two and 2½ seconds and travelled in an arc across the sky from east to south-west. "It was very vivid, like a red blue ball of fire - the biggest and brightest thing I have seen in the sky for 40 years." Andy Salmon, of the Birmingham Astronomical Society, said it may have been a meteor - space debris burning up in the atmosphere. He said: "Meteors can happen at any time . . . there's no predicting when it may happen." Local aviation authorities confirmed the object was not aircraft-related. ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
