[meteorite-list] Mystery Ice Chunk Falls From Sky in California

From: Kevin Forbes <vk3ukf_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Aug 16 11:55:25 2005
Message-ID: <BAY104-F22AF25E5DCED2744870B1599B00_at_phx.gbl>

Hi Ron and list, I've been on the mini comet bandwagon for a while. I would
love to see an analysis report on this iceberg, eh spaceberg??? maybe. I
remember an image of an orange ball (Earth) with dark spots on it, but can't
find that image, Ron??

http://smallcomets.physics.uiowa.edu/www/ultimate.html

So, if the Earth is being pummeled by mini-comets, where are all the fresh
mini craters on the Moon
Have we looked? Can we see that small. Probably not. Since we have extreme
difficulty in I.D.ing an Apollo landing site even.

In 1991, While standing with some other folk at a cattle station in the
middle of the Northern Territory, it rained fish about 2 inches long for 30
minutes. I figured they were sucked up from a nearby river about 1.5 km away
by a willie willie (small tornado). Iwent looking for the source of the
fish, the same species were in the river swimming in schools of between 20
to several hundred. The river was only seasonal and only ran when it rained,
the locals told me the fish eggs lay dormant in the gravels until it rains.
Nothing can really surprise me anymore, because that's life itself.

Thanks for encouragement from those replying to Astronaut conversation post
on Aug 5/6.
Kevin Forbes, VK3UKF


>
>Mystery Ice Chunk Falls From Sky, Makes Big Hole
>FAA Investigates Ice Ball Origins
>NBC 4 TV News
>August 15, 2005
>
>FONTANA, Calif. -- A huge chunk of ice that crashed through the roof of
>a home in Fontana is at the center of a Federal Aviation Administration
>investigation Monday.
>
>The ice does not appear to be of the "blue ice" variety that usually
>falls from airplane toilets, NBC4 reported.
>
>The origin of the ice appeared to be a bit of a mystery.
>
>It's a mystery that homeowner Johnny Worthy would like to solve -- if
>only so he can get some sleep.
>
>Worthy keeps the ice ball that nearly killed him Saturday night in a big
>plastic jug next to the TV dinners in his freezer.
>
>It scared the daylights out of Worthy when it slammed into his house
>while he was doing dishes.
>
>"There was a loud explosion and a concussion of the house, and it like
>scared me to death," Worthy said.
>
>When he peeked around the corner, Worthy saw the ice, slowly melting
>into his living room carpet.
>
>"It made a loud explosion," he said. "It was like nothing I'd heard in
>my life."
>
>All the neighbors came out in their yards, Worthy said.
>
>Worthy's daughter thinks the ice hunk is a weather anomaly called
>"megacryometeors," with mega standing for "big" and "cryo' for ice.
>Megacryometeors are unexplained ice balls that fall from the sky and
>usually weigh between 25 to 30 pounds.
>
>Worthy still wants more concrete answers.
>
>"Every time I lay down in the bed, and I look up at the ceiling, I'm
>afraid something's going to hit me," Worthy said.
>
>
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