Showing posts with label Fort Payne. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fort Payne. Show all posts

07 April 2011

Fort Payne, Alabama Two Meteors 6APR2011

Fort Payne, Alabama Two Meteors  2015hrs EST & 2350hrs EST 6APR2011

My name is Brian Coleman and I live in Fort Payne, Alabama; I stumbled across your blog while trying to find if someone else had witnessed the bright, old-looking meteors I witnessed on the evening of 04/06/2011.  I witnessed the first greenish hue fireball in the sky to the northwest of my house just before it faded out nearing the ground at approximately 2015hrs EST.  I had seen meteors before but never such a brilliant green and partially discounted the event as someone firing a green firework that didn't have, or failed to report.  Later that evening near 2350hrs, I witnessed a second green fireball.  This time the object was between my house and the mountain directly to my east.  Judging from the trajectory, I would guess that the impact would have to be actually on the side of the mountain.  It had the same characteristics as the first:  green and yellow in appearance and faded just before nearing the ground.  I am curious if anyone else had witnessed either of these, to me, odd events.
Thank you
Brian Coleman