[meteorite-list] nearly nailed...

[Chris Peterson]

Maybe it was a firefly; it sure wasn't a meteor/meteorite.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Dunklee" <sdunklee72520 at yahoo.com>
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 9:56 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] nearly nailed...


Sounds like fun!  What made me aware of meteorites in the first place 
was nearly being nailed. I was driving home from work one evening when I 
saw a meteorite falling off to my left . I noticed it was no longer 
moving but just sort of hanging in the air and thought that thing must 
be coming right toward me. a second later as I ducked down in my seat I 
had time to think that thing is going to hit me! It screeched by 
sounding like a cross between a bullet and dipping a red hot bolt in 
cold water. I sat back up and had to pull off the road, not from being 
excited but because it left streaks in the dust on my windshield and 
they were blocking my sight.
      I was so excited I went right home and didn't even look for the 
meteorite.and I still have not found it after several trips to look for 
it. I could also kick myself for not taking a photo of the streaks left 
in the lime dust on my windshield and truck hood.As a further note it 
was almost dark out but still light enough to see the fall all the way 
to my truck even though it had stopped flaming.
  Best
  Steve