[meteorite-list] Major fireball in Germany, Italy and Austria

From: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: 08 Mar 2008 17:31:32 UT
Message-ID: <DIIE.000000B6000027B2_at_paulinet.de>

Hello Matteo, Mike Farmer and List,

I don't think that pieces of this meteorite-dropping fireball came down
as far south as Zurich. Of special interest are those eyewitness reports
that did not only see light phenomena but also heard a thunderclap or
something like a rolling of thunder. Assuming these eyewitness reports
are reliable, there was a light rolling of thunder to be heard at ?berlingen
(Lake Constance/Bodensee), but at Stockach (about 15 km to the west)
a very definite and loud thunder (said to have lasted ca. 10-25 seconds
according to that eyewitness) was perceived. Such reports about sound
phenomena reach as far north as Pfullingen/Tuttlingen.

My guess is that pieces may have come down west of a line ?berlingen
- Stockach - Tuttlingen but east of Waldshut - Neustadt. Somewhere
within a triangle Schaffhausen - Bonndorf - Engen!

No, no time to go there because it is our 40th wedding anniversary
and we are on our way to a nice little restaurant downtown :-)

Ciao, Bernd
Received on Sat 08 Mar 2008 12:31:32 PM PST