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Blob
11-December-2006, 11:23 PM
Deputies with the Natrona County Sheriff's Department responded to numerous calls of a large fireball streaming through the night sky early Friday morning, but were unable to find any trace of the object.
According to the sheriff's office, several county residents in the Muddy Mountain and Bates Creek areas on Casper Mountain called to report a large, flaming object travelling eastward at a high rate of speed at approximately 6:50 a.m.

Read more (http://www.casperstartribune.net/news/casper/b586ffecd80d67098725724100663a34.txt)


A bright meteor streaked across Colorado and Utah early today, prompting a rash of calls to authorities and researchers, but no debris was immediately reported.

Source (http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061208/NEWS01/61208016)


...a bright meteor that streaked across the Colorado sky early Friday, prompting a rash of calls to authorities and researchers.
No debris has been reported, but callers were concerned more about what was in the air than on the ground.
The meteor was spotted about 6:45 a.m., and was bright enough to be categorised as a fireball.

Source (http://www.9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJECTID=639b9291-0abe-421a-01ef-cdaa7f7efc78&TEMPLATEID=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf)

soylentgreen
11-December-2006, 11:29 PM
A geminid?

Blob
11-December-2006, 11:38 PM
Hum,
Gemini was high in the west and so yes, it is a possibility that it was a large chunk of the parent comet....(or not)

(worth hunting for if it was)

Blob
12-December-2006, 03:31 PM
The meteor followed a Northeast to Southwest direction terminating near the Grand Junction area.
(this direction excludes it being a Geminid)

Latitude; 38.79168: Longitude; -108.26699