[meteorite-list] 2005 - No Falls? Any promising candidatesinhiding?

From: Jeff Kuyken <info_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:44:09 +1100
Message-ID: <961C480C0E834BC6A70E048713DE6261_at_JeffPC>

Hi Rob,

There was also the massive fireball over Western Australia in December 2005
which made international news. There was another one also caught by the
Japanese network in March 2005. Both are viewable on my Meteorite Films
page.

http://www.meteorites.com.au/films/

Cheers,

Jeff


----- Original Message -----
From: "Matson, Robert D." <ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com>
To: "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritemike at gmail.com>; "Meteorite List"
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] 2005 - No Falls? Any promising
candidatesinhiding?


> Hi Mike,
>
> There were a number of bright fireballs in 2005, just nothing recovered
> from
> any of them. Among the most notable:
>
> March 12, 2005 ~7:40pm PST - Oregon/Washington area
> April 24, 2005 ~7:45pm EDT - New England area
> September 29, 2005 ~7 pm EDT - Florida
> October 31, 2005 6:30 pm EST - Maryland/Virginia
> October 31, 2005 9:15 pm EST - Virginia/North Carolina
> November 14, 2005 ~8:15 pm CST - Texas
>
> --Rob
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Galactic Stone & Ironworks
> Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 3:02 PM
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> Subject: [meteorite-list] 2005 - No Falls? Any promising candidates
> inhiding?
>
> Hi List,
>
> According to all authoritative sources, there were no officially
> recognized meteorite falls in the year 2005. 2005 is the only year in
> the young 21st century not to have a recognized fall. So, were there
> ever any promising reports of falls from that year that were never
> followed-up on, or were overlooked in some way? Or perhaps there was a
> fall, but is not available to the public or available for
> classification?
>
> Will 2005 go down as a "goose egg" year in the annals of meteorite
> falls?
>
> I know this sounds like a silly topic to bring up in the year 2010, but
> looking back on the numbers since 2000, 2005 stands out like an anomaly.
>
> Best regards and happy huntings,
>
> MikeG
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