[AZ-Observing] Re: Fireball at 9:45 pm, July 3rd
- From: Dan Heim <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2012 11:53:59 -0700
Thanks for confirming my observation, Ken. I was beginning to think I
was the only one who saw it (at least on this forum). At first I thought
it was part of the fireworks display too, but the direction of motion
was all wrong. And it was indeed a cloud deck (the lowest, maybe
1000-2000 feet) that it momentarily disappeared behind. Not fireworks
smoke. It was moving so slowly that its motion was most likely
foreshortened. That would seem to say its true motion was from southwest
to northeast. Of course, a single observation doesn't triangulate
anything, but that was my impression. -Dan
On 7/5/2012 10:48 AM, Ken Reeves wrote:
> We saw it watching the Anthem fireworks, sitting at the park. From
> there, it was about the same brightness as one of the elements (pixels?)
> of the fireworks, so at first I thought it was just a part of a firework
> burning out, but then I realized it was moving toward the fireworks, and
> not away from it. I did see it disappear and reappear, but I wasn't
> sure if it went behind a cloud or a blob of smoke from the fireworks.
> It was a nice addition to the fireworks display. Several around me
> mentioned they saw the "UFO"!
>
> Ken Reeves
>
> On 7/5/2012 10:10 AM, Dan Heim wrote:
>
>> BUMP: I can't believe nobody else saw that fireball. Just before it
>> extinguished, I actually saw it pass through a cloud deck and reappear
>> briefly below. So it must have been pretty low, and maybe resulted in a
>> ground-fall. If it did, based on my (rough) estimate of the trajectory,
>> that would have happened somewhere in the far East Valley, maybe even
>> east of Apache Junction.
>>
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