Significant Meteor Fireball Over Oklahoma Captured By Sandia Sentinel Fireball Camera In OKC 19AUG2011

Sandia Sentinel Fireball Camera Captures Bright Long Duration Event Near OKC-02:45:03 UTC 20 AUG2011 (9:45:03 p.m. CDT 19AUG2011)

image above & movie below courtesy & (c) 2011 James Beauchamp-Oklahoma City, OK Station-Sandia Sentinel Fireball Camera Network

 

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Oregon Meteor Fireball 12:45 A.M. PDT 19AUG2011

Email From:

Debbie M.-Portland, OR:

I was sitting in a car facing south west when to my left (south) I saw a ball of fire heading North or northeast.  I turned and watched it until it went below the tree lines.  I have not seen any reports at all.  I was sitting in a cell phone waiting area on the east side of the airport in Portland, OR.  It was not green but orange and red and looked like something metal on fire. 

Debbie

Ohio Meteor Fireball ~9:00 p.m. EDT 19AUG2011

Email From:

Nancy H.-Madison, OH:
We saw a fireball in the sky at about 9:00pm It appeared to be a plane on fire but was not making a descent. It appeared to be traveling in a straight line.

Coastal Washington 10:00 P.M. PDT 19AUG2011

Email From:

Keith O.-Grayland, WA:

Good morning, My two boys and I were marveling at the clear Summer evening sky on the coast of Washington State. We are at Grayland State Park just about 5 miles South of Westport. I was looking directly West and saw an intensely bright white light that lasted less than a second. It was not travelling left to right or right to left. It just looked like a super bright star  that appeared and then disappeared just as fast. It provided me a profound sense that I am just a minuscule part of this universe and I also hoped it was a sign of good luck. Any idea what this might have been? It wasn’t a fireball and the color of the light was the same as the stars in the sky that night.     thank you Keith. This was likely an Iridium (communications satellite) flare which can be magnitudes brighter than Venus (-4 visual magnitude) on occasion. IF's can sometimes reach a visual magnitude of -8!