[meteorite-list] Falling Fireballs Crashed in Chile Last Week. They Weren't Meteorites

From: Mark Hammergren <mhammergren_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2020 09:31:43 -0500
Message-ID: <CAGXJ7aAN3egNkNY4X=AK3rFbg-ZgqCjTk8=bfbu6ms93hcs0NQ_at_mail.gmail.com>

Fires are never caused by meteorites or space junk, unless they are around
100 meters or so across. Did Chelyabinsk or Carancas start fires? No. We
have no evidence beside people seeing meteors and coincidental fires. Let's
put this to rest.

On Fri, Aug 14, 2020, 9:37 PM Paul via Meteorite-list <
meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:

> Falling Fireballs Crashed in Chile Last Week.
> They Weren't Meteorites, Experts Say.
> By Nicoletta Lanese October 10, 2019
> https://www.livescience.com/fireballs-fall-on-chile.html
> https://www.space.com/fireballs-fall-on-chile.html
>
> https://www.sciencealert.com/whatever-fell-from-the-sky-and-sparked-fires-in-chile-forget-meteorites
>
> Chilean officials are investigating a curious
> collection of burning objects that fell
> onto parts of the country last week
>
> Yours,
>
> Paul H.
>
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