[meteorite-list] NPA 07-12-1939 Dresden Meteor from Zanesville, Ohio

[MARK BOSTICK]

Paper: Zanesville Signal
City: Zanesville, Ohio
Date: Wednesday, July 12, 1939
Page: 1 (of 10)

Meteor's Fall Dazzles Local Residents

     A giant meteor, which flashed across the northern sky last night, 
startled a number of Zanesville and Muskegon county residents who happened 
to be looking in the right direction when the spectacular phenomenon 
occurred.
     Although Zanesville is almost 200 miles south of the point in southern 
Ontario where the meteor is believed to have crashed, the massive ball of 
fire was plainly visible here.
     If fact, three persons, motoring on the South River road near Duncan 
Falls, said the flaming object appeared to have fallen into the Muskegon 
river.
     Mr. and Mrs. P.H. Ohlinger, 1666 Sharon avenue and their daughter, Mrs. 
Helen Coultrap, saw the meteor as they were driving along the highway at 
8:45 o'clock.
     "It appeared to be oblong in shape," said Mrs. Ohlinger. "It looked 
something like a torch as it swept across the sky. It dropped almost 
straight down." She added that there was "something like smoke" trailing 
behind it.
     This account verifies the description from northern Ohioans. In the 
Detroit vicinity, a rumbling sound was heard as the meteor appeared to 
explode in the Lake St. Clair vicinity.
     Bernard Rock, Wheeling avenue, was among the Zanesville people to view 
the rare sight. "It looked like a big ball of fire," he said today. He first 
thought it was a belated Fourth of July skyrocket.
     The meteor looked like a comet to Nat Dutro, Jr., 19, of Wheeling 
avenue. It appears to have a red tail, the youth said, after viewing the 
spectacle while walking downtown last night. It disappeared so quickly that 
his brother, who was with him at the time, failed to see it.
     Experts explained today that millions of meteors fall ever day, but 
most of them are small and are burned up by friction without undue 
commotion. The fact that this meteor was seen by so many indicated that it 
was a large one.
     The smoky trail behind the meteor is caused by gas and burned particles 
of the fiery object, it was explained.

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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.

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Mark Bostick
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