I saw a spectacular meteor on Friday, January 19, 2007 at 18:57 GMT. Latitude: 49°55' N. Longitude: 6°31' E. Since I am unfamiliar with Astronomy Clubs in Germany, I was hoping someone on the BA board might know who in Germany would want the basic information on it. It was a very large fireball, and something I found very interesting about this particular meteor was that was traveling nearly straight downward. It also traveled so long, as a solid piece, I had thought I might witness my first ever impact. When it started to pass through the cloud ceiling, approximately 500 meters, it started to disintegrate and it then suddenly blew apart much like a ball of hard dirt would explode when thrown onto the ground.
I would approximate its distance from me to be no more than 2-3 Kilometers at 500 meters height. Holding my arm out at length the fireball appeared to be the same size as my thumbnail. While I had assumed it was a meteor it could have been space junk. Any feedback would be appreciated.
Troy

Troy. Interesting....always worth noting the trajectory with a scratch line on the ground so others might intersect yours, if you can find another report and triangulate. They're almost worth their weight in gold. Pete.

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