[Luke Skyfreeper]

You're very fortunate. I don't think very many people actually get to see a significant meteor in their lifetimes.

Some years ago I was driving north out of a major US city in broad daylight when suddenly a meteor blazed across the sky right in front of me. As I recall I'm pretty sure it ended with a fireball too.

Fun thing is, I was actually able to keep a video of it because someone else in the city happened to have a video camera pointed at the sky when it blazed across, and it appeared on the evening news. Because they advertised they were going to show video I grabbed a VCR tape. Still have the tape.

[Sender]

I've seen the Perseids and random shooting stars; they are cool but uneventful. This thing lit up the sky like a helicopter with an arc lamp.

It made me think of the unknown. All the things that are zooming out there in the blackness toward some atmosphere. This thing was a major visitor.