[meteorite-list] Suffolk man says he saw meteor hit

From: Pete Shugar <pshugar_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 15:11:53 -0500
Message-ID: <0CF5E83E8F704F20A91ECB7BA3D4F43B_at_laptop>

If the thing was hot----where was the steam?
Pete

----- Original Message -----
From: "Meteorites USA" <eric at meteoritesusa.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Suffolk man says he saw meteor hit


> P.S.
>
> His comment "..."The shape of it, it was just too perfect to be a piece
> of junk.." is also a clue to the speed it was traveling. Could he see
> the shape clearly enough if it were moving at super sonic speed? In
> addition he reported he did NOT hear a sonic boom.
>
> Or I could be spending too much time on this and have nothing better to
> do right now.
>
> Taking a day off is good... ;)
>
> Eric
>
>
>
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> Meteorites USA wrote:
>> There are a few things left out of the report.
>>
>> Duration of the event, distance from his location, angle of decent,
>> speed and azimuth. If the guy witnessed the entire event from
>> beginning to end and the fireball was very far away at first sighting,
>> that explains why he may not have heard the boom. It could be that it
>> reached the retardation point long before coming close to him. The
>> whistling noise reported is also intriguing.
>>
>> The report does NOT state that the ball of fire hit the water. Only
>> that he witnessed a ball of fire.
>>
>> EXCERPT:
>>
>> "The shape of it, it was just too perfect to be a piece of junk. It
>> looked just like a miniature comet, pretty much," he said. "It was
>> really, really white with blue flames. It was pretty wild."
>>
>> Butler said he didn't hear the boom, only a whistling roar as the
>> object flew past. The wind-blown water was really choppy, he added,
>> but he could see the splash when it landed.."
>>
>>
>> He did give a clue as to the direction of travel although it is
>> extremely vague as he doesn't say which direction he was looking but
>> rather the direction he was traveling (SOUTH). He stated the object
>> was "..coming right at my car.."
>>
>> He could have been looking East or West or in his rear-view mirror for
>> that matter.
>>
>> The point is it's a eye-witness report, and it's interesting enough to
>> investigate further.
>>
>> Even if it does turn out to be nothing.
>>
>> Eric
>>
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