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Fireball - 2005 February 20 0955 UT |
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A daylight event on a clear, cold Sunday morning, widely seen across southern England from Essex to Cornwall and the Bristol area, and south Wales.
Reports consistently describe a blue-green teardrop-shaped head, fragmenting at the end of 2-3 seconds’ flight into 4 or 5 pieces. The object was comparable to a first quarter Moon in brightness. Positional estimates from daytime events, with the absence of background stars for reference, are notoriously difficult to interpret, and a precise trajectory is hard to determine in this case. It seems fairly certain, however, that this fireball was travelling from south to north up the Irish Sea to the west of Wales. Ray Stuart, Theale, has provided an artist’s impression of his sighting, looking west towards Newbury.  |
