|
Remarks |
I am a Navy pilot. I was flying my aircraft to a high overhead position of Runway 35 at Valley International Airport. I was climbing at an attitude of approximately 15 degrees nose high, for training. Approaching 2,500 feet, I began to notice my cockpit lighting up. It felt like a spot light shining on me. I looked up expecting to see a potential traffic conflict, but saw the largest fireball I’ve ever seen. I routinely watch the sky for astronomical events. I’ve never seen anything like this. This event lit up cockpits of my fellow pilots over 90 miles away in Corpus Christi. One other person I know saw it, two others only saw the light of it inside their cockpits, but did not see the meteor. I reported the event to Valley tower, they saw the light, but did not see the meteor. It lit up the ground as if it were daylight. It was very intense. (I edited the time after consulting with tower personnel at Valley International. I reported the event at exactly 01:31:28 UTC. I reported it to tower immediately upon witnessing the event. It can be definitively established when this event occurred.) |
