Meteor
July 25, 2006

Last evening I saw the brightest meteor I have ever seen. I was with Jim and Kai at the east side of 29 Palms. We had heard on Z107.7 radio that we could view the Hubble telescope in the southern sky. A minute or so before the Hubble Telescope was due to appear we saw an amazingly bright meteor traveling across the southern sky from east to west. It flared brightly for up to one second, maybe as brightly as the full moon, or so it seemed anyway. Jim, Kai, and I all saw it clearly. Both Kai and I said that it was the brightest meteor we had ever seen. Jim said that he had seen one that bright once before. Jim thought that most meteors were pebbles about the size of peas, but this meteor was maybe the size of a golf ball. We all thought that seeing the meteor was the experience of a lifetime. I wonder if anyone else saw the meteor last evening. Within a couple of minutes we then observed the Hubble Telescope traveling from west to east. A real double-featured treat. When Gary gives you tips on Z107.7 local news, you never know what you are in for.

For Z107.7, I’m reporter Ken Drummond.

Well, they didn't use this story. In fact, nobody seemed interested. But we know what we saw and it was pretty cool.