[Chaos-l] Fwd: Fwd: What did I see in the sky last night?

[Jim Scarborough]

Dear Dr. Johnson:

Amy Kasten, below, saw something burn up as it entered the atmosphere,
near 35.906864
N 79.088343W at about 2010-01-19 01:53 GMT. Since you track orbital debris,
perhaps you were expecting something to reenter? Any insight would be much
appreciated.

Thanks,
Jim Scarborough

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jon Stewart-Taylor <joncst at earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 12:40 PM
Subject: [Chaos-l] Fwd: What did I see in the sky last night?
To: chaos-l at rtpnet.org


Hi all.  Received the following from Ms. Kasten.  Did anyone else see this,
or read about it?  My first guess is a bit of space junk, but i'm open to
suggestions.

Thanks.

J.

Begin forwarded message:

*From: *"Amy Kasten" <amy.kasten[...]>
*Date: *January 19, 2010 11:44:05 AM EST
*To: *<chaos at rtpnet.org>
*Subject: **What did I see in the sky last night?*

 To Whom it May Concern:

I live in Carrboro off 54 and Smith Level road.  I took my dogs for a walk
last night around 8:45/9:00pm and as I looked up in the northern sky, right
before me, maybe 30 degrees above the horizon, fell a burning object.  I’m
not sure if it was a meteor or something else, but it felt very close.  I
saw it start falling and then it grew in intensity and it continued to fall
very slowly for about 5 seconds (not like in a meteor shower where it
streaks far across the sky in a flash).  Also, unlike a shower, the light
path was not just a fine streak in the distance--I saw the grainy, sparkly
fire in the object’s trail.  It reminded me of those fireworks that burn as
they fall (they look like hair, or weeping willows maybe).

I’m not sure if anyone captured this event, but if your club or other
astronomical unit you know can speak to this, I would really like to know
what I saw.

Thanks so much,


*Amy Kasten*
*Research Analyst*



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