(SNES) Daylight fireball?? [Boston MA USA, 14:14pm EST 09 Feb 2002]

[Lew Gramer <dedalus@latrade.com>]

Did anyone else witness anything like this, or hear anything about
it reported in the press? If so, please contact me.

Brooks, please submit a witness report of your sighting as soon as
you can, at the following Web page: answer as many questions as you
can, while the details are still fresh in your mind. Many thanks!

    http://www.namnmeteors.org/fireball/report.html

Clear skies,
Lew Gramer

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Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 14:47:40 -0500
Subject: FIREBALL, Boston - 02/09/02 at 2:14 pm EST
From: Brooks Garner <brooks.garner@verizon.net>
To: <meteorobs@atmob.org>

Hi,

Has anyone heard news about the fireball that fell into the sky in Boston on
the 9th of Feb at 2:14 pm? It looked too big to be just a space rock. I
wonder if it was space junk or something related falling into the
atmosphere.

I was walking home from the market when I noticed a flash directly overhead,
then saw an incredible -26 magnitude fireball slash across the afternoon sky
to the horizon. It had a two inch long tail (at arms' length) that emitted
sparks and barely visible smoke that seemed to evaporate as quickly as it
formed. This occured at 2:14pm, 02/09/02 and appeared to be heading either
west, or south of west.  You can view an artistic rendering I created at
http://brooksgarner.com/fireball.jpg The whole event seemed to last about 2
seconds.

Any info would be appreciated!

Thanks!

Brooks Garner
bg@brooksgarner.com 

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