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Occurred : 8/15/1999 23:18 (Entered as : 08/15/99 23:18)
Reported: 8/19/1999 23:19
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Rawlins (39 miles west of), WY
Shape: Fireball
Duration:1-2 sec
a fireball went straight down behind mtns. and ended in a bright flash.

I was driving west bound on I-80 at MM172 39 miles west of Rawlins,WY when looking out of my left side window a fireball appeared out of nowhere. It fell straight down and went behind the mountains. About a half a second later it flashed like it exploded.

((NUFORC Note: For video footage of the event, captured by the Sandia National Laboratory sky camera in Albuquerque, please see the following URL:

http://www.cs.sandia.gov/SEL/apps/energy/meteor.htm

PD))