[meteorite-list] Park Forest meteor?

[joseph_town at att.net]

Nice presentation Mark,

I'd just like to add that with a peak visual magnitude of -22 everyone within, I'm guessing, 20 or 30 miles? only witnessed the effect of night literally turning to day. Does anyone have an idea just how far away from ground zero you'd have to have been to see the meteor itself?

Thanks,

Bill




 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "MARK BOSTICK" <thebigcollector at msn.com>
> Hello Darren and list,
> 
> As other list members have noted.  The Park Forest meteor was seen by 
> thousands of people.  Some thought UFO, some thought an Iraqi bomb...it was 
> two days into War with Iraq, and some identified it as a meteor.  Others 
> were left puzzled.
> 
> Witness quotes can be found in the following I put together for one of my 
> meteorite times column's.  It is a shame that no local made a large effort 
> at documenting witness statesments.  It would be nice to read through a 
> couple hundred which was easily possible.
> 
> http://www.meteoritearticles.com/parkforestwitness.html
> 
> Clear Skies,
> Mark Bostick
> www.meteoritearticles.com
> 
> 
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