Observer's comments:   After many nights of total monsoon cloudiness the night sky finally cleared and there
were five visual captures last night. They are listed in order of interest and prominence.

Fireball 1  :   July 15, 2008    1043 UT  ( 4:43 am MDT )

Observer's comments:  Very fine fireball specimen with good sonic definition.

Movie 1 :  Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
 v20080715_1043ut_Ashcraft.mov  6 seconds  813 KB

Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's forward scatter system, video and sound:
Head echo and onset of reflection only.
 FB20080715_he1043ut_Ashcraft.mp4    10 seconds  1.3 MB

Movie 3 :  Ashcraft's forward scatter system, video and sound:
Full duration of  radio reflection.  NOTE : Large video file!  ( for researchers )
 FB20080715_he1043ut_Ashcraft.mp4    1 minute 12 seconds  14.1 MB

Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor above occurs at the very end of the 1043 UT minute and goes into the 1044 UT minute. All other dots are space dust particles.

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Fireball 2  :   July 15, 2008    0605 UT  ( 12:05 am MDT )

Observer's comments:  Another good sonic specimen with stereo definition. Note: The meteor is the faint streak
in the highlighted box. That is the Moon at screen bottom right.

Movie 1 :  Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
 v20080715_0605ut_Ashcraft.mov  6 seconds  813 KB

Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's forward scatter system, video and sound:
Short but interesting sonic reflection.
  FB20080715_0605ut_Ashcraft.mp4   13 seconds  1.3 MB

Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor above occurs near the end of the 0605 UT minute. All other dots are space dust particles.

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Fireball 3  :   July 15, 2008    0914 UT  ( 3:14 am MDT )

Movie 1 :  Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
 v20080715_0914ut_Ashcraft.mov  6 seconds  813 KB

Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's forward scatter system, video and sound:
    FB20080715_0914ut_Ashcraft.mp4   10 seconds  2.6 MB

Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor above occurs at the very end of the 0914 UT minute. All other dots are space dust particles.

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Fireball 4  :   July 15, 2008    0958 UT  ( 3:58 am MDT )

Observer's comments:  Lovely sound.

Movie 1 :  Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
  v20080715_0958ut_Ashcraft.mov  6 seconds  813 KB

Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's forward scatter system, video and sound:
Full duration of sound.  Large file..
  FB20080715_0958ut_Ashcraft.mp4   1 minute 12 seconds  8.4 MB

Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor above occurs during the 0958 UT minute. All other dots are space dust particles.

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Fireball 5  :   July 15, 2008    1055 UT  ( 4:55 am MDT )

Movie 1 :  Sentinel camera capture, without sound:
  v20080715_1055ut_Ashcraft.mov  6 seconds  813 KB

Movie 2 :  Ashcraft's forward scatter system, video and sound:
Large file!   For researchers. Full duration of radio reflection.
   FB20080715_1055ut_Ashcraft.mp4   1 minute 20 seconds  10 MB

Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor above occurs during the 1055 UT minute. All other dots are space dust particles.

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