[meteorite-list] fireball over midwest

[batkol]

i'm going to go out and check my back yard.  take care
susan

----- 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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