In retrospect, I believe I saw the trail it left behind, although I didn't see
the actual meteor. It did look remarkably like a jet contrail. I saw it on my
way to work Wednesday morning (I do look up at the skies as I walk to work) and
noted it because we see very few jet contrails in Hawaii, since most jets use
Hawaii as a stopover if they are crossing the Pacific and Hawaii is in the
flight path. If it was still glowing when it passed over Haleakala, it went
sploosh!Tracy Latimer> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:12:56 -0600> From: [EMAIL
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Large Meteor Streaks Across Sky in Hawaii> > Hi
List> I couldn't have said it better myself ????> > "Maberry said the meteor
itself would not need to be very large to> make a spectacular show.> > "They
don't have to be much larger than a poi pounder to look really> big," he
said."> > > -- > Mike> --> Mike Jensen> Jensen Meteorites> 16730 E Ada PL>
Aurora, CO 80017-3137> 303-337-4361> IMCA 4264> website:
www.jensenmeteorites.com> > > On 4/13/07, Ron Baalke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:> >> >
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Apr/12/br/br1498307256.html> >>
> 'Very lucky' folks on Maui possibly saw meteor> > By BRIAN PERRY> > The Maui
News> > April 12, 2007> >> > WAILUKU - A brightly glowing object that streaked
across the sky above> > Maui was reported by a few people up early enough
Wednesday morning to> > witness the phenomenon.> >> > The Maui News received
several phone calls from people who said they saw> > what probably was a large
meteor that moved from northwest to southeast> > or reporting an unusual cloud
that remained in the sky after it passed.> >> > Mike Maberry, assistant
director of the University of Hawaii Institute> > for Astronomy, said he was
not aware of any reports of an object in the> > sky. But he said its
description sounded like a meteor.> >> > "Whoever got to see that was very
lucky," he said, adding that chances> > are "very slim" of a meteor landing in
the vicinity of Maui in the> > middle of the Pacific.> >> > Maberry said the
meteor itself would not need to be very large to make a> > spectacular show.>
>> > "They don't have to be much larger than a poi pounder to look really> >
big," he said.> >> > Many of the meteors that make bright streaks across the
night sky are> > only the size of a grain of sand, he said. A meteor is a rock
or similar> > solid material that crosses into the Earth's atmosphere, with
the> > friction from the high-speed entry causing the material to burn. When a>
> space object lands on Earth, it is called a meteorite.> >> > Kaleo
Evangelista, a paddler with Kihei Canoe Club who was working out> > with a crew
offshore from old Suda Store, said the glowing object made> > quite a show a
few minutes after 5:30 a.m.> >> > "We saw a glow going over us, just like an
airplane," he said. But> > instead of seeing an aircraft the canoe paddlers saw
a light blue,> > almost white object moving from northwest to southeast.> >> >
For one to two minutes, the paddlers watched the object move across the> > sky,
leaving a trail of smoke before it disappeared behind Haleakala.> > Evangelista
said he couldn't tell if the object landed on land or in the> > ocean.> >> >
"We didn't see any kind of explosion or flash," he said.> >> > The object
traveled roughly parallel to land until it abruptly changed> > course,
"dropping down at a 45-degree angle," he said.> >> > Evangelista called his
friend, Charlie Fleck, who lives in Wailuku> > Heights. Fleck woke up, stepped
outside and snapped photos at 5:49 a.m.> > of the smoke trail with his digital
camera, but he didn't see the object> > itself.> >> > "It was just an amazing
looking sight," Fleck said. "The smoke lingered> > for an hour in the sky. . .
. It was big, very noticeable in the sky."> >> >
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