[meteorite-list] Time delay: Park Forest / Mar 01 Eyewitness Report

[bernd.pauli at paulinet.de]

Hi Chris and List,

Chris writes: "In the end, I take almost everything
reported by witnesses with a strong dose of skepticism."

.. which can readily be supported by what these eyewitnesses had to
say with regard to the duration (in seconds) of the thunderous noise:

- all of a sudden the sky turned bright and there was a brief thunder => brief
- unmistakably a thunderous noise => 5 seconds
- a pretty loud thunder was to be heard for ca. 10-25 seconds => 10-25 seconds

Would a *multiple breakup* of the incoming meteoroid have a crucial "impact"
on the respective parameters of the potential fall, or, in simple words, could a
multiple disintegration of the meteoroid help in explaining the broadly diverging
eyewitness reports?

Cheers,

Bernd