GLM Detects a Bolide South of Puerto Rico
Taken by Frankie Lucena on June 22, 2019 @ Cabo Rojo,Puerto Rico
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I was contacted by Dwayne Free this past saturday night and he asked me if I or anyone here in Puerto Rico had seen or taken any photos or videos of a Bolide event just south of the Island. He is the administrator of the goskysentinel.com website and he found the event using the Geostationary Lightning Mapper on the GOES-16 Satellite. Unfortunately, the event occurred at around 5:25pm local time and it was still daylight, so my cameras weren't turned on yet. I contacted William Straka III to see if he could find something to confirm this GLM detection and he did find something and was kind enough to send me two images of the trail that was left by the Bolide. I contacted the CTBTO last night and haven't heard from them yet and we are currently waiting for Nasa to check their detectors also. So far, we know that the event occured on June 22, 2019 at 21:25 UTC (+/- 5 mins) and both Dwayne Free and William Straka III found data confirming that something did happen. Here are the links that was sent to me by Dwayne Free: https://col.st/SqwD3 https://col.st/GcGXC Here is the link to the GLM animation video I created: https://youtu.be/eW07hlcKlYw
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http://https://youtu.be/eW07hlcKlYw
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Update: Peter Brown, a meteor scientist, tweeted the CTBTO infrasound results but they got the wrong location. Here is a quote from his tweet:

Good sized fireball off the South coast of Jamaica infrasonically on Jun 22 near 2130 UT. Airwaves recorded by Bermuda infrasound station 2000 km North show periods which are consistent with 3-5 kT bolide from a small multi-meter sized NEA impact.
Posted by supernova 2019-06-24 20:21:55
What exactly is a Bolide?
Posted by rygy2thewygy 2019-06-26 13:27:14
 
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