| ID | #1623157074 |
| Added | Tue, 08/06/2021 |
| Author | July N. |
| Sources | Davenport, Peter
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Research
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Over the weekend, I witnessed a fireball over Catlameth, Washington.
I initially thought it was an interesting cloud formation - a small blob the size of a full moon with something like a comet tail-I didn't think anything of it while I was loading up my car for the trip to Longview. Heading east on SR4, I noticed that the formation was still there! (slightly lower in the sky) It was like a bright comet ... tail and all.
After about 2 minutes of driving, I remembered that I had a digital video camera in my computer bag. I started shooting blindly through the windshield, but quickly realized it wouldn't work. About a mile and a half up the road there was an observation deck that overlooked the Columbia River, from where I got out and took some decent pictures of the fireball.
I have about 90 seconds of footage (I am NOT a photographer or videographer!)…. I just wish I'd started filming earlier.
I reported this to a local astronomy group (Friends of Galileo), who had not heard of anything expected to fall from the sky in our area. I'm sure it's space junk, but it was amazing.
Original news
Date: November 27 2004
Location: Cathlamet, Washington
Time: 13:05
Summary: I witnessed a fireball this past weekend over Cathlamet, Washington. I origionally thought it was an interesting cloud formation — a small blob about the size of a full moon with a sort of comet tail — I didn’t think anything of it while i was loading my car for a trip into Longview. While in my car heading east on SR4 I noticed the formation was still there! (a little lower in the sky) It looked just like a bright comet… tail and all. About 2 minutes into the trip I remembered I had my digital video camera with me in my computer bag. I started shooting blindly out the windshield but quickly realised that this was not going to work. About a mile and a half up the road was a viewing area/turn out that faced the Columbia River where I got out and got decent shots of the fireball. I have about 90 seconds of fair footage (I am NOT a video film photographer by a long stretch!)…. I only wish I started filming a lot sooner. I reported this to the local astronomy group (Friends of Galileo) who didn’t hear of anything expected to be fallen from the sky in our area. I am sure it is space junk but it was pretty amazing.
Source: Davenport, Peter
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