There was a significant fireball over eastern New Mexico this morning that "turned night into day" as the saying goes. I am still processing the data but here is a preliminary movie with the audio of the radio head echo. The full radio reflection was over three minutes duration. (Of possible significance is the subtle "whizz" or whistle sound initially which may be direct meteor emission rather than forward scatter reflection.)

It is also possible this meteor was an SDA or alpha Cap or may trace back generally to that radiant region. Not sure about that though due to cloud.


mp4 video by Thomas Ashcraft, New Mexico, Link

I do not know what the magnitude of the meteor was but the Moon is fully evident in the frame. If anyone has magnitude estimates I would appreciate hearing from you. Thank you.

Comments:

Anonymous said...

I was driving from San Angelo, TX towards NM somewhere between 530-6AM Central Time when I saw a massive flash streak in front of me. It was mostly Green and a bit of yellow in color and was very bright. It looked like it hit off into the distance in front of me. Do you have any info for me? It really caught my attention especially since I was on my way to Roswell...go figure...

Loni C said...

I'm in Portales New Mexico and saw it too. I thought I was going crazy because it was so bright, huge, and unusually long lasting so I'm glad to see I was not losing my mind! Though it looked blue and yellow to me it was a huge streak. I felt blessed to see such an incredible sight.