[meteorite-list] RE: (meteorobs) east coast sonic boom

From: Meteoriteman_at_aol.com <Meteoriteman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:54:04 2004
Message-ID: <136.8e5df9b.299af286_at_aol.com>

   Hi All; I have made numerous inquiries, and have yet to find ANYONE who
has witnessed a fireball, let alone be able to triangulate a fall. Seems
everyone heard something, and no-one saw anything.
   Will keep on searching.........best to all; jake
jake Delgaudio
The Nature source


In a message dated 2/12/2002 5:17:17 PM Eastern Standard Time,
bolidechaser_at_yahoo.com writes:

<< Sorry to interrupt the "Mohammed Meteor-wrong List",
 but while you guys are fiddle-faddling with your
 magnetite and email virus threads, there are some
 actual meteorites falling on the ground:
 
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 Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 22:34:03 -0500
 From: "Greg Redfern" <gredfern_at_earthlink.net>
 Subject: RE: (meteorobs) east coast sonic boom
 
 Peter,
 
    Wow! I bet Dr. Nininger would be on the case if he
 were around! If we are all lucky someone else will try
 and discover the remnants (if any). But one would
 think that something large enough to cause sonic booms
 (or
 detonations in all probability) would reach the
 ground. If there are residents in the area in might be
 worth running some ads/news pieces educating the
 public to
 be on the look out for "strange looking rocks".
 I just wish that something like this would hit my way.
 
   Thanks for the reply Peter.
 
 Greg
 
 - -----Original Message-----
 From: owner-meteorobs_at_atmob.org
 [mailto:owner-meteorobs_at_atmob.org]On
 Behalf Of peter scherff
 Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 9:56 PM
 To: meteorobs_at_atmob.org
 Subject: RE: (meteorobs) east coast sonic boom
 
 
 Hi Greg,
 
         I was at the Arunah Hill Natural Science
 Center in Cummington, MA when I heard the sonic booms.
 At the time I didn't know what caused them. Since
 there was a plane visible in the sky at the time I
 assumed that it had broken the sound barrier. However
 when I went to work this morning I saw that the front
 page of the Springfield Republican had a story about a
 fireball being sighted. The quotes in the paper are
 the typical "it landed in the woods over there" type
 (see link -
 
 
http://www.masslive.com/springfield/unionnews/index.ssf?/news/pstories/ae210sk

y.html
 ).
 
 There was also similar coverage in the Berkshire
 Eagle.
 
 Many people in the area that I have talked to heard or
 felt the sonic booms but I can't find any one saw the
 fireball.
 
 Thanks,
 
 Peter Scherff
 
 
 - ----------
 From: Lew Gramer[SMTP:namn_at_atmob.org]
 Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 2:00 PM
 To: Meteor Observing Mailing List
 
 Subject: Fwd: FIREBALL[?], Boston MA USA - 02/09/02 at
 
 2:14 pm EST
 
 
 I have already forwarded requests for additional
 information to our local astronomy club email lists,
 and asked Brooks to submit an online report of his
 sighting. So far, I have no other confirmation as to
 what this was.
 
 If anyone else has any information on this possible
 daytime fireball, please drop us a line at NAMN, via
 'namn_at_atmob.org'. Clear skies!
 
 Lew Gramer - NAMN <namn_at_atmob.org>
 Boston MA USA
 
 - ------- Forwarded Message
 
 Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 14:47:40 -0500
 Subject: FIREBALL, Boston - 02/09/02 at 2:14 pm EST
 From: Brooks Garner <brooks.garner_at_verizon.net>
 To: <meteorobs_at_atmob.org>
 
 Hi,
 
 Has anyone heard news about the fireball that fell
 into the sky in Boston on the 9th of Feb at 2:14 pm?
 It looked too big to be just a space rock.
 I wonder if it was space junk or something related
 falling into the atmosphere.
 
 I was walking home from the market when I noticed a
 flash directly overhead, then saw an incredible -26
 magnitude fireball slash across the afternoon sky
 to the horizon. It had a two inch long tail (at arms'
 length) that emitted sparks and barely visible smoke
 that seemed to evaporate as quickly as it formed. This
 occured at 2:14pm, 02/09/02 and appeared to be heading
 
 either
 west, or south of west. You can view an artistic
 rendering I created at
 http://brooksgarner.com/fireball.jpg
 
 The whole event seemed to last about 2 seconds.
 
 Any info would be appreciated!
 
 Thanks!
 
 Brooks Garner
 bg_at_brooksgarner.com
 
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 Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 17:04:07 -0500
 From: Lew Gramer <namn_at_atmob.org>
 Subject: (meteorobs) Fwd: AP article: New England USA
 daytime fireball[?] 09 Feb 2002
 
 It now seems clear this was a significant atmospheric
 event... The only question that remains is whether it
 might have been an artificial object reentry, or
 whether it might instead be of celestial origin?
 
 Please forward any further reports to NAMN at
 "namn_at_atmob.org".
 
 Clear skies!
 Lew Gramer <namn_at_atmob.org>
 Boston MA USA
 
 - ------- Forwarded Message #1
 
 Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 14:52:00 -0500
 From: Eric Pauer <...>
 To: atmob-discuss_at_atmob.org
 Subject: Globe Article - Daylight fireball
 
 Here's the article on-line:
 
 Area residents report hearing sonic boom, seeing
 fireball
 By Associated Press, 2/10/2002 13:32
 
 
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/041/region/Area_residents_report_hearing_:.sht

ml
 
 Regards,
  --
 Eric Pauer - pauer_at_bit-net.com -
 http://www.bit-net.com/~pauer
 
 
 Gene McAuliffe wrote:
 
> Lew,
> See this morning's Boston Globe, p. B2.
 
 - ------- Forwarded Message #2
 
 From: Christopher Nicholl <...>
 Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 14:44:21 -0500
 
 Subject: RE: (NSAAC) Daylight fireball?? [Boston MA
 USA, 14:14pm EST 09 Feb]
 
 
 Have you seen this thread on SAA?
 
 
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&threadm=X7P98.49%24w67.1096%40bgtnsc04-n

ews.ops.worldnet.att.net&prev=/groups%3Foi%3Ddjq%26as_ugroup%3Dsci.astro.amate

ur
 
 In case the link doesn't work, the name of the thread
 is Anyone See or Hear Anything Strange in Western MA
 Yesterday Afternoon? by William Falcone.
 
 Chris
 
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 Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 22:53:16 +0000
 From: Alan Pickup <alan_at_wingar.demon.co.uk>
 Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Fwd: FIREBALL[?], Boston MA
 USA - 02/09/02 at 2:14 pm EST
 
 This could not have been a satellite re-entry. The
 direction of motion (westwards) would demand a rare
 retrograde orbit, and the brief duration
 (a "flash"; a fireball "slashing across the sky"; "2
 seconds") is much too short for a re-entry (typically
 30-90 seconds). Also, I know of no satellite that was
 re-entering around that time.
 
 Alan
 - --
 Alan Pickup / COSPAR 2707: 55.8968N 3.1989W +208m
   (WGS84 datum)
 Edinburgh / SatEvo & elsets:
 http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/
 Scotland / Decay Watch:
 http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/dkwatch/
           *
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 Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 18:37:01 -0500
 From: Lew Gramer <dedalus_at_latrade.com>
 Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Fwd: FIREBALL[?], Boston MA
 USA - 02/09/02 at 2:14 pm EST
 
>Also, I know of no satellite that was re-entering
 around that time.
 
 Thanks for the feedback, Alan! At this point, would
 you say the satellite-watch community is ready to rule
 out a reentry with fairly high degree of certainty?
 
 Clear skies,
 Lew Gramer
 
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