[meteorite-list] Suffolk man says he saw meteor hit

[Chris Peterson]

Well, "not a chance" isn't very scientific. I should have said "a really, 
really, really small chance". And the chance I'm referring to is that he 
witnessed an impact. From the description, it sounds like he saw some 
flaming meteor splash into the water nearby, which just didn't happen.

I'd say he saw the meteor disappear below his local horizon, which would 
have happened when the meteor was still many miles high, and therefore very 
far from him- more than a hundred miles, maybe a lot more.

Chris

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Cloudbait Observatory
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Bross" <element33 at peconic.net>
To: "Chris Peterson" <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>; 
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Suffolk man says he saw meteor hit


> so, Chris, is it "not a chance" or "he saw the fireball drop below the 
> horizon" ??
> Kind of confusing...
>
> Michael B, France