Christy Juckett Thinks She May Have Seen A Meteor

Feb 8th around 5PM:

Hi Joey:
I saw this overhead about an hour ago – does anyone know what flew overhead? meteor? satellite??
Thanks!
Christy

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12 thoughts on “Christy Juckett Thinks She May Have Seen A Meteor

  1. It looks like airplane contrail (vapor trail) that is being back-lit by the setting sun. A meteorite would be moving much faster and fade out much faster than a plane/contrail. Good to keep you eyes on the sky!

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  2. me again, another member of the astronomy club says you should contact AMS, American Meteor Society. They would have other reports if it was a meteor.

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  3. Looks like the sun catching a jet’s vapor trail. You can see the separation at the beginning which is the jets on either side of the plane.

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