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Fireball over western Oklahoma or eastern New Mexico April 12 2015 0249.20 UTC (Saturday evening April 11 2015 8:49.20 MDT)

I captured this meteor with a modified near infrared dslr used for transient luminous event / sprite patrol. I was shooting continuous 3.2 second exposures and this meteor lasted about 12 to 13 seconds. The image above is a composite of four images.

I also captured a portion of the meteor's path in video along with WWV time signals recorded at 2.5 MHz. It is possible that the meteor generated a some "buzz" as it passed directly through the beam of my yagi antenna but this could have been possible synchronous static rather than direct meteor radio emission.

Thomas Ashcraft : Radio Fireball Observatory : North-central New Mexico

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