[meteorite-list] Meteor Brightens Night Sky (Denver 2008.12.04)

[Matthias Bärmann]

This was Santa Anne in her glowing rednosed-reindeer-driven, ecologically 
absolutely uncritical flying drop-top, infatigably anxious to provide all 
her clients with heavenly objects in accurate SST (Santa Standard Time).



Matthias



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Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteor Brightens Night Sky (Denver 2008.12.04)



> Looks like a listmember is getting some nice press... and that someone is 

> throwing a lot of space rocks at the earth lately ...

>

> http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/18208878/detail.html

>

> Meteor Brightens Night Sky

> Fireball Spotted Across Front Range

>

> POSTED: 9:44 pm MST December 4, 2008

> UPDATED: 11:02 pm MST December 4, 2008

>

>

> DENVER -- Reports are coming in from all around Colorado about a bright 

> object in the sky on Thursday night.

>

> Chris Peterson, astronomer at Cloudbait Observatory in Guffey, Colo., said 

> he is receiving credible reports of the object pointing to a spectacular 

> meteor display.

>

> The celestial spectacle occurred at around 8:43 p.m. Peterson said is 

> happened about 60 to 70 degrees above the horizon, going from a west to 

> east direction. By the trajectory and perceived proximity, Peterson 

> estimated the meteor landed in the eastern part of the state.

>

> Denver and Aurora emergency crews were sent on several wild goose chases 

> of the impact of the meteor. The reports ranged from Monaco Parkway and 

> Hampden Avenue in Denver, all the way to 32nd Avenue and Airport Way in 

> Aurora, to east of Denver International Airport.

>

> Eyewitness reports have come trickling in from as far away as Fairplay in 

> Park County, to Estes Park, to Aspen Park in rural Jefferson County.

>

> Denver International Airport spokesman Jeff Green said air traffic 

> controllers have reported heavy meteor activity the past few nights. Also 

> Green confirmed it was not an aircraft in distress that was streaking 

> across the sky.

>

> If you saw a meteor in the Thursday night sky, report it to the All Sky 

> Network and the Cloudbait Observatory.

>

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