[meteorite-list] Going hunting

From: marsroxx_at_theofficenet.com <marsroxx_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:52:07 2004
Message-ID: <1028779838.3d51ef3e2da55_at_webmail.theofficenet.com>

Dear John,

Remember to take plenty of water. It has to be 110 to 120 in the Palm Springs
area in Aug.

Good Luck
Alan


Quoting John Reed <john_at_findalltrades.com>:

> Dave, I know its not going to be like fishing in a barrel but I do have
> few
> things going for me 1. I heard it , it sounded like a quite motor boat 2.
> I
> got a 1 second sight on it, gray and fuzzy propably fuzzy becuase it was
> spinning so fast 3 Its shadow passed over me 4.I am reasonably sure of the
> angle it came down 5 I am pretty certain of the direction because I saw it
> looking straight up and also the the angle it went away from my house
> which
> is still there so we can reference it I am pretty sure it was between
> 22o-28o
> looking straight up off the rain gutter
> Here's the question how high was it when it passed over me?
> Thanks John
>
> David Freeman wrote:
>
> > Dear John, List;
> > I didn't see you mentioned that it made the "nighttime as day time" and
> > there fore, I think that it was the size of a pea and probably burned up
> > except for a pea size piece that you may have heard.. Ever hear a rifle
> > bullet a mile down range? Five miles down range?
> > Statistics note that most meteorites at night are usually very small and
> > don't make it through the atmosphere to the ground.
> > I would think a random search of anywhere would have the same percentage
> > of success....about 800 manhours of searching per new meteorite.
> > Good Luck, there must be some somewhere.
> > Dave (_at_400 hours) Freeman
> >
> > John Reed wrote:
> >
> > > In 1985 or 86 a meteor flew over my head it came out of the sky at
> > >about 45-50 degrees I saw a grayish fuzzy mass all in about 2 seconds I
> > >am going back to the desert( 10 miles from Palm Springs) on business on
> > >aug 9,. I will have 2 days to see if I
> > >can find it. At the time I thought it to be an ordinary occurance in the
> > >
> > >desert Anyway I drew a stright line on a piece of paper representing
> > >the horizontal level that I was standing then I made a dot above the
> > >line representing where I was standing on the horizontal line and how
> > >high it was I then put a straight edge at 47o and drew a line from the
> > >dot to the horizontal line it came out that it would of hit 5 times the
> > >distance between the horizontal line and the dot So I am thinking it was
> > >
> > >no more than 500 feet high or less than 200 The way it works out it
> > >should of landed about a half mile away? 5 x 500 I know what direction
> > >it went The question of course is how high was it really? I heard a
> > >propeller or motor sound, the fire ball part only lasted a split
> > >second when I saw it in the sky then it was probably close to 2
> > >seconds before I heard it chopping the wind then I saw a big blur of
> > >grayish fuzz and a quick shadow passing over. From the time I first
> > >heard it till it was out of ear shot was maybe a fraction over 2
> > >seconds. It seemed to be horizontal. I remember thinking it was as big
> > >as a wheel barrow. I also remeber thinking I would hear a thud or
> > >something when it hit I did not. It was a dead silent night at about 2
> > >am Is there any thing I havn't figured? besides the heat the snakes and
> > >the fire ants
> > > Do you think that its shape may have something to do with why it didn't
> > >
> > >whistle or blow up and also the short fire tail ( 1 second)
> > > This would mean that if something of irregular shape came in contact
> > >with the atmosphere its spinning and chopping would slow it down enough
> > >so it wouln't heat up or reach the speed of sound and blow up
> > >I know it a long shot but, if I find him I'am gonna put a saddle on his
> > >back and ride him into town!
> > >Thanks John
> > >
> > >
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