[meteorite-list] Re-2: Hammer Question

From: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: 16 Jun 2010 19:05:39 UT
Message-ID: <DIIE.0000008800004BE2_at_paulinet.de>

Adam wrote: "They used to be called smashers ..."

Hello Adam and List,

Sky & Telescope, March 1985, p. 222, excerpt:

At about 5:30 p.m. EST on December 10th, just after sunset at Statesboro,
Georgia, a brilliant fireball was seen through partly cloudy skies. About 25
miles farther south near the town of Claxton, Don Richardson was stepping
out of his trailer when a whistling that reminded him of an incoming mortar
round in Vietnam made him flinch. With a loud bang something struck a mail-
box 112 feet away and *s m a s h e d * it to the ground.


Best wishes,

Bernd
Received on Wed 16 Jun 2010 03:05:39 PM PDT