[meteorite-list] NPA 07-12-1939 Meteor Blazer Across Sky, Dresden Meteorite

[MARK BOSTICK]

Paper: The Chronicle-Telegram
City: Elyria, Ohio
Date: Wednesday, July 12, 1939, Second Edition
Page: 1

Meteor Blazes Across Sky

     CLEVELAND. O., July 12 - An astronomer at Case School of Applied 
Science said today that a brilliant meteor, which blazed across the sky last 
night and was observed in all of Ohio, might have struck the earth some 
place in Canada.
     Paul Annear, assistance at the Case Observatory, said the meteor 
"seemed very close to the earth, but distance are deceptive. It may have 
been up in Canada. Chances are that it did come down somewhere."
     Thousands who saw the meteor's flight noted that it moved in a 
north-northwest direction. James W. Wynne, operator in the radio control 
tower at Cleveland Airport, placed the time of its appearance at 8:49 P.M. 
EST.
     It was visible for hundreds of miles as it streaked over Lake Erie. 
Residents along the Lake Erie and Lake Huron shores in New York, 
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Canada reported the spectacle.
     Some were startled by a roar that accompanied the meteor.

Many Frightened

     Police headquarters and newspaper offices received many telephone calls 
from those curious or frightened. One women in Detroit excitedly reported 
that a freighter had blown up on Lake St. Clair.
     The meteor followed a line about five points west of due north and 
lighted the horizon for several seconds. Some said it vanished in "a great 
puff of smoke."
     Most meteors are burned out by friction before they reach the earth. 
They are pieces of stone or metal which drop from space.
     Ontario residents from Toronto to Windsor and as far north as 
Kincarinde reported that they watched the meteor streak across the sky and 
vanish into the United States. Its landing place was unreported. Several 
authorities suggested it burned itself out in the air.

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This article refers to the Dresden (Ontario) meteorite. This meteorite fell 
in Ontario, Canada on June 11, 1939 at 8:56pm local time (EST). Three 
specimens were recovered totaling 47.7 kg.

Reference: Meteorites A to Z: Second Edition. (2004).

Clear Skies,
Mark Bostick
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