Specimen Fireball 1:   October 17, 2008    0246 UT


Movie 1 :  Sentinel video camera capture, without sound:
v20081016_204652.90.mov  3 seconds  739 KB

Sonic Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound:
Subtle sonic radio reflection.
 FB20081017_0246ut_Ashcraft.mp4   12 seconds  2.1 MB
    
Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor reflection is negligible during the 0246 UT minute.
 

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Specimen Fireball 2 :   October 17, 2008    0449 UT

Movie 1 :  Sentinel video camera capture, without sound:
v20081016_224914.26.mov  3 seconds  739 KB

Sonic Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound:
Slow meteor with weak but evident sonic reflection.
 FB20081017_0449ut_Ashcraft.mp4   12 seconds  2.1 MB
    
Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor reflection occurs during the 0449 UT minute.
 

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Specimen Fireball 3 :   October 17, 2008    0731 UT


Movie 1 :  Sentinel video camera capture, without sound:
v20081017_013104.23.mov  3 seconds  739 KB

Sonic Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound:
This sonic reflection from this seeminly dim meteor was very long and I did not include the movie file here. It is over 22 MB long.
    
Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor reflection occurs during the 0731-0733 UT minutes.
 

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Specimen Meteor 4 :   October 17, 2008    0736 UT

Movie 1 :  Sentinel video camera capture, without sound:
v20081017_013607.86.mov  3 seconds  739 KB

Sonic Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound:
Delayed reflection.
 FB20081017_0736ut_Ashcraft.mp4   28 seconds  5.3 MB
    
Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor reflection occurs during the 0736 UT minute.  The fireball at 0738 UT was not in visual range.
 

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Specimen Fireball 5 :   October 17, 2008    0756 UT

Movie 1 :  Sentinel video camera capture, without sound:
v20081017_015642.78.mov  3 seconds  739 KB

Sonic Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound:
Quick meteor with good reflection.
 FB20081017_0756ut_Ashcraft.mp4   12 seconds  2.4 MB
    
Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor reflection occurs during the 0756 UT minute.
 

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Specimen Fireball 6 :   October 17, 2008    1209 UT

This meteor was not captured on the Sentinel system but was captured on my secondary system.

Sonic Movie  :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound:
The meteor streaks at screen right.
 FB20081017_1209utns_Ashcraft.mp4   29 seconds  5.3 MB
    
Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor reflection occurs during the 1209 UT minute.
 
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