Observer's general comments:  Monsoon cloudiness for most of the night.  Three visual captures.

Fireball 1  :   July 19, 2008    0844 UT  ( 2:44 am MDT )

Observer's comments:  Meteor in the above pic is in the highlighted box. That is the Moon at screen bottom.

Movie 1 :  Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
 v20080719_0844ut_Ashcraft.mov  6 seconds  813 KB

Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's forward scatter system, video and sound:
   FB20080719_0844ut_Ashcraft.mp4  33 seconds  3.9 MB

Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor above occurs at the end of the 0844 UT minute. All other dots are space dust particles.

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Meteor 2  :   July 19, 2008    1107 UT  ( 5:07 am MDT )

Observer's comments:  Small meteor is the streak in the highlighted box. The Moon is screen botom right.

Movie 1 :  Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
 v20080719_1107ut_Ashcraft.mov  6 seconds  813 KB

Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's forward scatter system, video and sound:
Faint radio reflection.
 FB20080719_1107ut_Ashcraft.mp4   7 seconds  600 KB

Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor above occurs during the 1107 UT minute. No prominent radio signature apparent. All other dots are space dust particles.

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Fireball 3  :   July 19, 2008    0334 UT

Observer's comments:  This was a probable fireball though it occured behind clouds so it is inconclusive.

Movie 1 :  Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
 v20080719_0334ut_Ashcraft.mov  6 seconds  813 KB 
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