[meteorite-list] Meteor Spotted Over Utah

From: Steve Schoner <steve_schoner_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:31 2004
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Maybe something big is headed our way.
 
Steve Schoner/ams


Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net> wrote:
Good god, this has got to be the busiest fall month on record! Where are we,
7 or 8 massive fireballs in the last month, 2 recovered falls so far.
Mike Farmer
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Baalke"
To: "Meteorite Mailing List"
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 10:04 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteor Spotted Over Utah


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>
>
http://www.4utah.com/local_news/local_headlines/story.aspx?content_id=8005564E-D251-4525-B2C7-0C8AEE9B923F
>
> Meteorite Spotted Over Salt Lake Valley
> ABC 4 News
> October 16, 2003
>
> If you think you saw a UFO over the Salt Lake valley
> Thursday morning, you may not have been too far off.
>
> NORAD is saying they think the unidentified object
> was a meteor but they have yet to confirm their
> findings.
>
> ABC 4's Andrew Stack has been close on the tail of
> this meteor all day and has more.
>
> Thursday morning, a soldier on the firing range at
> Camp Williams looked up to see a blinding flash, and
> then a long con trail. It was a tail many others would
> see over the next few minutes.
>
> "All of a sudden, my eyes saw something fantastic,"
> describes one.
>
> "NORAD right now is researching all their records,"
> explains another.
>
> Around 10:30 Thursday morning, some caught a
> glimpse of a bright, white light.
>
> "I thought, you know, I'm sitting out here taking UFO
> pictures," says Brad Gygi, an eyewitness.
>
> "At the present time, they figure this is the high time of
> the season for meteor showers and that's what one of
> the suggestions has been, but right now, it is
> undetermined to exactly what it is," says one.
>
> First it flew over Camp Williams.
>
> "...saw an airplane going over and then he saw a white
> trail that appeared to be coming from the south about
> two o'clock and heading to the north at about eight
> o'clock," describes LTC Rick West, Camp Williams
> Training Site.
>
> Then it was seen over downtown Salt Lake.
>
> "It looked like it was heading for downtown Bountiful,"
> says Richard Law, another eyewitness.
>
> But it never made it that far.
>
> "Naturally, with the war going on, I thought, 'oh, oh,
> what do we got here?' And then I recognized it
> immediately as a comet or a meteor because of its
> shape and the way it was going and then when it
> exploded and just disappeared, I figured it just burned
> out in the atmoshpere."
>
> "I was lucky to get a couple that did turn out," says
> Gygi, of his pictures.
>
> Brad Gygi was on his way to work and was lucky
> enough to snap a few photos before 'it' exploded.
>
> "It looked really big, a lot bigger than when you see a
> plane flying across or something and it was pretty
> bright and it looked like a pretty long tail," says Gygi.
>
> "I just feel like anybody who didn't see it, missed out.
> It was beautiful. It was just wonderful to see it."
>
> The soldier who first saw this meteor reported it
> through his chain of command because he feared the
> meteor might hit one of the commuter flights preparing
> to land at Salt Lake International.
>
> As it turns out, air traffic controllers at Salt Lake
> International took immediate action to ensure safety
> as soon as they heard about this explosion in the sky.
>
> They changed incoming landing approaches for a
> couple of flights to avoid the area.
>
> There were no close calls, all planes landed safely and
> everything shortly returned to normal.
>
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<DIV>Maybe something big is headed our way.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Steve Schoner/ams</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Michael Farmer &lt;meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net&gt;</I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Good god, this has got to be the busiest fall month on record! Where are we,<BR>7 or 8 massive fireballs in the last month, 2 recovered falls so far.<BR>Mike Farmer<BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "Ron Baalke" <BAALKE_at_ZAGAMI.JPL.NASA.GOV><BR>To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <METEORITE-LIST@METEORITECENTRAL.COM><BR>Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 10:04 PM<BR>Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteor Spotted Over Utah<BR><BR><BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;<BR>http://www.4utah.com/local_news/local_headlines/story.aspx?content_id=8005564E-D251-4525-B2C7-0C8AEE9B923F<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; Meteorite Spotted Over Salt Lake Valley<BR>&gt; ABC 4 News<BR>&gt; October 16, 2003<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; If you think you saw a UFO over the Salt Lake valley<BR>&gt; Thursday morning, you may not have been too far off.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; NORAD is saying they think the unidentified object<BR>&gt; was a meteor but they have yet
 to confirm their<BR>&gt; findings.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; ABC 4's Andrew Stack has been close on the tail of<BR>&gt; this meteor all day and has more.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; Thursday morning, a soldier on the firing range at<BR>&gt; Camp Williams looked up to see a blinding flash, and<BR>&gt; then a long con trail. It was a tail many others would<BR>&gt; see over the next few minutes.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; "All of a sudden, my eyes saw something fantastic,"<BR>&gt; describes one.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; "NORAD right now is researching all their records,"<BR>&gt; explains another.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; Around 10:30 Thursday morning, some caught a<BR>&gt; glimpse of a bright, white light.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; "I thought, you know, I'm sitting out here taking UFO<BR>&gt; pictures," says Brad Gygi, an eyewitness.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; "At the present time, they figure this is the high time of<BR>&gt; the season for meteor showers and that's what one of<BR>&gt; the suggestions has been, but right now, it is<BR>&gt; undetermined to
 exactly what it is," says one.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; First it flew over Camp Williams.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; "...saw an airplane going over and then he saw a white<BR>&gt; trail that appeared to be coming from the south about<BR>&gt; two o'clock and heading to the north at about eight<BR>&gt; o'clock," describes LTC Rick West, Camp Williams<BR>&gt; Training Site.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; Then it was seen over downtown Salt Lake.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; "It looked like it was heading for downtown Bountiful,"<BR>&gt; says Richard Law, another eyewitness.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; But it never made it that far.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; "Naturally, with the war going on, I thought, 'oh, oh,<BR>&gt; what do we got here?' And then I recognized it<BR>&gt; immediately as a comet or a meteor because of its<BR>&gt; shape and the way it was going and then when it<BR>&gt; exploded and just disappeared, I figured it just burned<BR>&gt; out in the atmoshpere."<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; "I was lucky to get a couple that did turn out," says<BR>&gt; Gygi,
 of his pictures.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; Brad Gygi was on his way to work and was lucky<BR>&gt; enough to snap a few photos before 'it' exploded.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; "It looked really big, a lot bigger than when you see a<BR>&gt; plane flying across or something and it was pretty<BR>&gt; bright and it looked like a pretty long tail," says Gygi.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; "I just feel like anybody who didn't see it, missed out.<BR>&gt; It was beautiful. It was just wonderful to see it."<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; The soldier who first saw this meteor reported it<BR>&gt; through his chain of command because he feared the<BR>&gt; meteor might hit one of the commuter flights preparing<BR>&gt; to land at Salt Lake International.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; As it turns out, air traffic controllers at Salt Lake<BR>&gt; International took immediate action to ensure safety<BR>&gt; as soon as they heard about this explosion in the sky.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; They changed incoming landing approaches for a<BR>&gt; couple of flights to avoid the
 area.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; There were no close calls, all planes landed safely and<BR>&gt; everything shortly returned to normal.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; ______________________________________________<BR>&gt; Meteorite-list mailing list<BR>&gt; Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com<BR>&gt; http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list<BR>&gt;<BR><BR><BR><BR>______________________________________________<BR>Meteorite-list mailing list<BR>Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com<BR>http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list</BLOCKQUOTE><p><hr SIZE=1>
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