From: Tijana Zecevic, Sekula 
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 02:40:38 +0100


I had an interesting impression that "The Storm" began as a very strong 
one. About 21:00 local time (20:00 UT) through dining room window in the 
Radar station we stayed in and preparing for our observation, two very 
shining bolids could be seen. My friend who lives in nearby village 
(Gornji Matejevac) told me that yesterday evening, before they had 
fallen asleep, people could have seen many bolids through their windows. 
He was at the party when he saw one through the window. It is important 
to say that the day I came (about noon Nov. the 16th) the atmosphere was 
very transparent. Our host, meteorologist, was fascinated by the fact 
that, behind the peaks of mountain Mali Jastrebac, he could see the 
peaks of Kopaonik (distance between these two mountains is about 100 
km). He told us that during his thirty years of practice at this 
Station, he hadn=92t seen anything like that! It seemed that God and 
Fortune smiled on us!!! It is interesting to say that bolids were 
grouped in trains, i.e. they were flashing as bursts first from one side 
and then from another, they were "falling" and making wonderfoul 
carneval atmosphere all around us. We found their lights looked like 
lightnings and flashes. Their trails were lasting for about ten seconds. 
At the end of trails I saw a few huge explosions, so fascinating that I 
could never forget! I'm very glad that as a mortal, I had my portion 
of this event and I'm sure this is something I would tell my 
grandchildren.