to learn more on fireballs if your interested - here's a couple of links that might interest?
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/...earch?fireball
my fave of those
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010728.html
now THATS a fireball!
also check out utube - lots of great genuine vids from over many years! look out for the cgi stuff, and the eternal airplane contrail at sunset mistaken identity ones
http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...&search=Search
pity you guys missed the morning of 17th nov 1998 leonid fireball shower - saw a lifetimes worth of fireballs in one night!
and Rex try
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap051115.html