[meteorite-list] Alleged Picture of "MeteoritePhotographedHittingEarth"

[mark ford]

Yeah seems dodgy to me too. There are plenty of Sea Gulls around wharfs!

Would it be the first to be filmed in any case - Didn't a news crew film
a park forest rock hitting the ground? 

 I remember seeing the film footage, the film clearly showed a 'streak'
hitting the ground, and was taken accidentally while they were filming
some fire trucks.

Mark Ford






-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Peterson [mailto:clp at alumni.caltech.edu] 
Sent: 25 November 2004 02:17
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Alleged Picture of
"MeteoritePhotographedHittingEarth"

You're right. It would have been falling nearly vertically, subject only
to
some drift from the wind. If it had still been traveling at 30,000 mph
as
the article suggests, it would have been way bigger; a huge fireball,
sonic
booms, all sorts of stuff like that which would hardly have gone
unnoticed.
And a typical fall, which of course could have been captured on a
camera,
isn't going to produce an explosion when it hits. I guess the light bulb
might have burst, creating something like an explosion. Still, there are
just too many things about this story that are problematic.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Farmer" <meteoritehunter at comcast.net>
To: "Paul H" <bristolia at yahoo.com>;
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 6:32 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Alleged Picture of "Meteorite
PhotographedHittingEarth"


> I think this is a load of crap, the piece is obviously very small, and
> falling at a very low angle. There is no possible way a meteorite that
small
> could come down at that angle, it would have reached terminal velocity
and
> should be falling strait down.
> Am I correct?
> Mike Farmer

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