[meteorite-list] Daytime firebal just observed from SoCal

From: Mark Fox <unclefireballmtf_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:01:31 2004
Message-ID: <20020605220032.48676.qmail_at_web14914.mail.yahoo.com>

May 5, 2002

Greetings Mr. John Reed and Fellow Meteorite
Enthusiasts!


Strange meteor report! The sound observed seems
suspiciously connected with the original (or current)
shape of the meteorite. I was going to suggest the
sounds could have been "electrophonic" in origin, but
since you clearly stated that you heard them "after"
the appearance of the meteor and not during the
display, that almost certainly eliminates that
possibility.

>From what you have described, perhaps it was pretty
close, but still probably a good number of miles away.
To judge it to be an iron, on the basis of a lack of
fragmentation is not compelling enough evidence, I'm
afraid. If I remember correctly, only one of every
two stone meteorites are said to fragment.

Please, describe the brightness of the meteor as that
may help readers get a better picture of the likely
size of what you saw.
 
Long strewn fields!

Mark Fox
Newaygo, MI USA

--- John Reed <john_at_findalltrades.com> wrote:

> > Here's interesting meteorite experience that
> happened when I lived
> > in Palm Springs CA some years ago I went out in
> my backyard one night, it
> > was
> > the middle of the night , I noticed a shooting
> star at about 11 o'clock in
> > the
> > sky. 12 being straight up, it was fast with a
> short tail all over in
> > about 2
> > seconds then maybe 3 seconds later the sound of
> like a propeller chopping
> > the
> > wind came over the top of my head (I am going to
> guess 150-200 ft)all in
> > about
> > a 10th of a second and it was literally humming
> like a motor The general
> > direction it was travailing is 85% open desert
> for about 15 miles That
> > was
> > about 1986 At the time I figured meteorites were
> fairly common occurrence
> > so I
> > never thought more about it
> > This fall I am going to look for that meteorite I
> know what direction it
> > was
> > traveling and also the angle I am not sure how
> high it was all though I
> > heard
> > it, but out in the desert it very quite in the
> middle of the night . I
> > looked
> > in the sky I think I remember some shadowy
> something anyway Here's what I
> > thought
> > since it didn't explode it is probably an iron
> however it has to be a
> > strange
> > shape to chop the wind the way it was So if it was
> a stone then it might
> > mean
> > that depending on the shape of a object entering
> the atmosphere the object
> >
> > would or would not pick up enough speed to burn
> up? Also how much further
> > do
> > think it may have gone?
> > Thanks John
> >
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Received on Wed 05 Jun 2002 06:00:32 PM PDT