Fire in the sky

[pr1ss]

A mysterious “fireball” lit up the skies at 2:45 AM today. I saw some sort of a flash through my window, and maybe 2 minutes after that I heard some sort of a sound. It took the form of a 4-measure drum roll, far too regular to be a squirrel hoofing it across the roof. Local news has announced that it was a bolide meteor, “a rock about the size of

Comments

[juuro]

At least in this country the scientists are interested in witness reports that include the sound from a bolide event. If you can easily find out an astronomy club near you, they may either be able to take your statement or point you at the relevant organisation.

[pr1ss]

It was pretty cool, I only saw the flash.

[soyelmango]

“a rock about the size of a computer monitor.”
What a bizarre comparison! Is that a 14inch or a 26inch? Flat screen LCD or oldskool CRT? And why not 'the size of a microwave' or 'the size of a 3 month old' or 'the size of 2 average household cats'?

OK, I'll loosen up now.

[pr1ss]

It wasn't easy to measure while it was burning up in the atmosphere, so any of those could apply. There are 2 main possibilities for choice of metaphor:
1. The astronomers who discovered it have monitors exactly that size.
2. The first stab at the copy had it the size of a bread box or an IBM Selectric, but that was hastily updated.