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Date: 11 Sep 2006 23:08:40
From: Mark Ensley
Subject: fireball in Knoxville
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Did anyone else see this?
About 10:55 EST.
I was driving home from the grocery store when I saw a flaming meteor
in the East.
I saw it and as soon as I could I pulled into a parking lot and jumped
out and ran, but I wasn't able to see where the fireball went.
It had a long trail and flamed green while I saw it, pointing towards
the south.
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Date: 12 Sep 2006 07:03:25
From: Joe S.
Subject: Re: fireball in Knoxville
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"Mark Ensley" <fatoudust@gmail.com > wrote in message
news:1158041320.546684.86560@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
> Did anyone else see this?
>
> About 10:55 EST.
>
> I was driving home from the grocery store when I saw a flaming meteor
> in the East.
>
> I saw it and as soon as I could I pulled into a parking lot and jumped
> out and ran, but I wasn't able to see where the fireball went.
>
> It had a long trail and flamed green while I saw it, pointing towards
> the south.
>
As you know, the East Tennessee Fair is in session at the fairgrounds and
they conclude each evening with fireworks. HOWEVER -- on weeknights, the
fireworks are around 9:00 PM and your observation was almost two hours
later, so, likely NOT part of the fireworks show -- and, if you saw
fireworks, you likely would have seen more than one fireball.
I live in NE Knoxville -- Washington Pike about two minutes from the mall
(Knoxville Center, used to be East Town), inside 640 -- but I was not
outside at that time.
I'll check the morning paper and watch local newscasts to see if they say
anything.
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Date: 12 Sep 2006 10:45:04
From: AustinMN
Subject: Re: fireball in Knoxville
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Mark Ensley wrote:
> Did anyone else see this?
>
> About 10:55 EST.
>
> I was driving home from the grocery store when I saw a flaming meteor
> in the East.
>
> I saw it and as soon as I could I pulled into a parking lot and jumped
> out and ran, but I wasn't able to see where the fireball went.
>
> It had a long trail and flamed green while I saw it, pointing towards
> the south.
There were many reports of a fireball in New Zealand yesterday:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3795163a10,00.html
Alas, I did not find any news reports for Utah or Tenn.
Austin
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