Note : The fireball is the long streak in the highlighted box. That is the Moon at screen bottom.

Fireball 1  :   June 16, 2008    0500 UT

Movies :  
Movie 1 :  Sentinel all-sky camera system capture, without sound:
 v20080616_0500ut_Ashcraft.mov  812 KB  6 seconds

Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's video/radio forward scatter system capture, with two radios and dual channel sound:
Strong specimen fireball in stereo. ( Headphones recommended .)
FB20080616_0500ut_Ashcraft.mp4   5.3 MB   35 seconds

Below:  Radio spectrogram of the time of the meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor above occurs during the 0500 UT minute.  All other dots are space dust particles.

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Meteor 2 :   June 16, 2008    0507 UT

Observer's comment : Insignificant radio reflection so not included as a movie.

Movie :

Movie 1 :  Sentinel all-sky camera system capture, without sound:
  v20080616_0507ut_Ashcraft.mov   812 KB  6 seconds

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Fireball 3  :   June 16, 2008    0308 UT

Observer's comment:  This fireball happened at dusk in bright twilight and was not captured on the Sentinel system.
It was though captured on my secondary system and appears in the below movie screen left heading downward.

Movie 1 :  Ashcraft's video/radio forward scatter system capture, with two radios and dual channel sound:
The reflection happens in the midst of some sporadic-E. It transcends the Soradic-E though. Only the first 15 seconds of the echo here.
FB20080616_0308ut_Ashcraft.mp4    2.4 MB   15 seconds

Below:  Radio spectrogram of the time of the meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor above occurs during the 0308 UT minute.  All other dots are space dust particles.

 
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