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Breaking Meteor News...AMS Says 50 Reports Of Seven Seperate Bolide Events Over N America 19Jan 2011...

The American Meteor Society has received 39 reports of seven separate fireball events over North America on January 19th. Two of
these were widely seen events. Both of these events occurred near 21:00 EST. The first occurred  over the northern Midwest and
southern Canada. There is some wide scattered timing of this event and the possibility exists that this may be more than one
fireball. The second occurred over the southeastern states and was seen from Florida north to North Carolina. There is good
agreement for the timing plus it seems to been a bit brighter with a majority of those reporting that the peak brightness exceeded
that of the full moon.
For more details please visit the AMS website at:
http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball2/public.php?start_date=2011-01-19&end_date=2011-01-19&state=&event_id=&submit=Find+Reports
Refer to reports 83 and 86. 
Clear Skies!
Robert Lunsford
American Meteor Society

According to reports posted to ELPALLSKY, the following are the brightest and most widely observed of the above seven events...
Pennsylvania Fireball Event ~8:15 PM EST 19JAN2011
Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan Bolide ~8:50 PM EST 19JAN2011
Georgia, South Carolina Fireball Event ~9:15 PM EST
Ontario Canada Bolide Event ~9:55 PM EST 19JAN2011

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