Re: [meteorite-list] Light and sound event over North Eastern Pennsylvania 20...

2011-04-17 Thread GeoZay
The light was so intense I saw it through my closed eyelids indirectly reflected off the walls inside walls. 4-5 seconds later (flash-to-bang) was a huge rumbling, echoing, and persisting report-- very unlike a normal lightening and thunder event. Given we were in the midst of an

Re: [meteorite-list] Light and sound event over North Eastern Pennsylvania 20...

2011-04-17 Thread Mike Hankey
I witnessed this too. There was a massive storm that rolled through the north east last night. It was most likely lighting from the storm. On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 9:38 AM, geo...@aol.com wrote: The light was so intense I saw it  through my closed eyelids indirectly reflected off the walls

Re: [meteorite-list] Light and sound event over North Eastern Pennsylvania 20...

2011-04-17 Thread Mike Hankey
one ams report was submitted from VA that matches the time. so maybe it wasn't the storm. kind of an odd report... DATE, TIME Timezone = EDT fireball_date = 2011-04-16 18:48:00 time_type = DaylightSaving record_date = 2011-04-17 12:33:07 LOCATION --- location_name =

Re: [meteorite-list] Light and sound event over North Eastern Pennsylvania 20...

2011-04-17 Thread GeoZay
Apparent speed was above Mach 6, perhaps higher, since the total period of observation was approximate 2 minutes--the object crossed half the sky. Based on this reported duration, it sounds more like re-entering space debris than a meteor. GeoZay