[meteorite-list] Burst of Meteors Seen Near Finland

[Pekka Savolainen]

You can find the pic from;

http://www.vasabladet.fi/nyheter.asp?katID=1

text only in swedish...;-

best,

pekka s



Ron Baalke wrote:

 >http://iafrica.com/news/worldnews/334473.htm
 >
 >Fins mistake meteor shower for SOS
 >AFP
 >July 13, 2004
 >
 >A burst of meteors over Finnish coastal waters early Tuesday prompted
 >hundreds of Finns to mistakenly report the natural phenomenon as
 >emergency flares from distressed vessels, officials said.
 >
 >"The shower might have lasted just a few seconds, but so far we got over
 >70 calls. The first hour was very busy here," said Matti Salokorpi,
 >senior lieutenant with the maritime rescue center in Vaasa, some 420
 >kilometres northwest of Helsinki.
 >
 >On a normal night the rescue centre might get around 10 calls, he told
 >AFP, adding that Vaasa's ambulance and fire services had received as
 >many calls due to the natural phenomenon created when space debris hits
 >the earth's atmosphere at high speed.
 >
 >Several other rescue centres along the Finnish west coast reported
 >numerous similar calls, according to media here.
 >
 >One of the callers, cruising in his pleasure boat off the coast,
 >described the phenomenon as a red fireball moving swiftly through the
 >night sky, spewing sparks and leaving a trail of vapor before turning
 >white as it entered the atmosphere, Finnish news agency FNB reported.
 >
 >A glowing meteor could easily be mistaken for an emergency flare, which
 >is an international alarm signal for sailors in need of assistance,
 >Salokorpi said.
 >
 >According to Finnish and international maritime regulations, any person
 >who sees an emergency flare is bound by law to report it, he said. It is
 >up to the rescue center to decide whether such an observation is a
 >distress call or not, and not the observer.
 >
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