So I was at Disneyland this past weekend with my family, and on Saturday, june 14th, I decided to go on one last ride just before closing. So while in line for Peter Pan, at about 11:55 pm, I looked up at the little bit of sky that is visible from the first few switchbacks of the queue, and I see a fantastic shooting star - it was greenish white with a visible orange trail.
At first I thought it was a firework that for some reason went off, and then I thought maybe it was a new thing Disney was doing - shooting off fake shooting stars before closing - but no! I checked the fireball meteor page at the American Meteor Society site (can't post link, but google it) and sure enough, there are a lot of sightings of a bright fireball meteor right around 11:55 seen from southern CA! It was amazing. I sent my report in to that site today, so it may show up eventually.
Then, after the park had closed, I was taking some pictures of the castle, and I saw another shooting star just above the castle to the left, not nearly as bright, but still cool. A few other people with me saw the second one as well.
Anyways, it was a great way to end my last day at Disneyland (until the next trip)!
(btw first post!
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