[meteorite-list] fireball over midwest

[Sterling K. Webb]

Hi,

> somewhere between Beardstown and St Louis...

    My back yard, give or take 30 miles or so. A stretch
of low population density, a rural area with some vertical
(for the midwest) topography, not flat like Kansas or
central Illinois, a goodly percentage of wooded land,
the west side of the Illinois River valley. Tonight is 
expected to be the coldest night of the year, and one 
or more inches of snow is predicted.
    Not exactly the ideal recovery zone...
    The Nininger tactic of advertising in a multitude of
small town papers comes to mind

Sterling K. Webb
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Peterson" <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] fireball over midwest


Contrary to the article posted by Ron, the fireball was traveling mainly 
north to south, and it looks like most of the action was over west 
central Illinois. It was west of Champaign. I have independent reports 
from Beardstown and Lewistown (30 miles apart) of sonic booms after the 
fireball passed overhead, with short enough time delays to suggest that 
the object was fairly low at that point (15-20 miles). One witness also 
reported electrophonic noise. Termination was probably somewhere between 
Beardstown and St Louis.

I'm not investigating this fireball myself, but thought I'd pass along 
the information that has come my way.

Chris

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


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Edwin Thompson" <etmeteorites at hotmail.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 9:21 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] fireball over midwest


> Hello list members. Received two frantic calls from hunters who say 
> there was a huge meteor over Illinois, Indiana and reports from 
> Missouri.  It was talked about by Paul Harvey this morning
> and it sounds like something large came in. Does anyone have more 
> details?
>
> Thanks, E.T.

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