Fireball 1    :   May 29, 2008    0553 UT

Observer's Comments: Cloudy with lots of lightning over parts of New Mexico much of the night. 
Still, two very nice captures.  More analysis on the 0553 UT fireball to come later.
Perhaps larger than -10 in magnitude.

Movies :  
Movie 1 :  Sentinel all-sky camera system capture, without sound:
v20080529_0553ut_Ashcraft.mov       756 KB  6 seconds

Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's video/radio forward scatter system capture, with two radios and dual channel sound:
Faint but evident reflection from this large meteor when listened to with headphones.
FB20080529_0553ut_Ashcraft.mp4      980 KB  8 seconds

Below:  Radio spectrograph of the time of the meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor above occurs near the end of the 05:53 UT minute. No prominent radio reflection from this fireball.

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Fireball 2    :   May 29, 2008    0936 UT

Movies :  
Movie 1 :  Sentinel all-sky camera system capture, without sound:
v20080529_0936ut_Ashcraft.mov       790 KB  6 seconds

Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's video/radio forward scatter system capture, with two radios and dual channel sound:
Strong radio reflection on both radios.
 FB20080529_0936ut_Ashcraft.mp4 6.3  MB  53 seconds

Below:  Radio spectrograph of the time of the meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor above occurs during the 09:36 UT minute.