Addendum to report filed July 15th, 2011
Last night, I emailed a copy of my original report to my brother, who responded this morning:
"Inspite of the storm, the prevailing winds were from the SSE at the time. and winds at different altitudes, (layers) will affect the apparent direction of illuminated objects when viewed from below. Why do you believe that this phenomena is anything but man made? eg. lanterns/orbs...."
I replied: "Like I said, I have no explanation. It first traveled west, made a wide turn, and then traveled north. Ninety-degree change in direction. SSE winds at the time were 0 MPH and no gusts.
I checked Weather Underground right away, because I thought it had to be a Chinese lantern." "I suppose a SSE wind at altitude could have interacted with approaching NNW storm winds, causing the fireball's change in direction. But then, it's reasonable to think there would have been something erratic about its change of direction - if it was a floating object like a Chinese lantern. Visible bobbing, stalling, weaving. There wasn't.
The fireball maintained constant speed and altitude, and followed a perfect straight/elbow/straight path."
Last night, I emailed a copy of my original report to my brother, who responded this morning:
"Inspite of the storm, the prevailing winds were from the SSE at the time. and winds at different altitudes, (layers) will affect the apparent direction of illuminated objects when viewed from below. Why do you believe that this phenomena is anything but man made? eg. lanterns/orbs...."
I replied: "Like I said, I have no explanation. It first traveled west, made a wide turn, and then traveled north. Ninety-degree change in direction. SSE winds at the time were 0 MPH and no gusts.
I checked Weather Underground right away, because I thought it had to be a Chinese lantern." "I suppose a SSE wind at altitude could have interacted with approaching NNW storm winds, causing the fireball's change in direction. But then, it's reasonable to think there would have been something erratic about its change of direction - if it was a floating object like a Chinese lantern. Visible bobbing, stalling, weaving. There wasn't.
The fireball maintained constant speed and altitude, and followed a perfect straight/elbow/straight path."
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Stevens Point
USA
2 minutes
2 minutes
44.52
-89.56
fireball
WI
Occurred : 7/15/2011 21:15 (Entered as : 07/15/11 21:15) Reported: 7/16/2011 7:47:40 AM 07:47 Posted: 7/17/2011 Location: Stevens Point, WI Shape: Fireball Duration: 2 minutes
Addendum to report filed July 15th, 2011