[meteorite-list] Re-2: Hammer Question

[bernd.pauli at paulinet.de]

Adam wrote: "They used to be called smashers ..."

Hello Adam and List,

Sky & Telescope, March 1985, p. 222, excerpt:

At about 5:30 p.m. EST on December 10th, just after sunset at Statesboro,
Georgia, a brilliant fireball was seen through partly cloudy skies. About 25
miles farther south near the town of Claxton, Don Richardson was stepping
out of his trailer when a whistling that reminded him of an incoming mortar
round in Vietnam made him flinch. With a loud bang something struck a mail-
box 112 feet away and  *s  m  a  s  h  e  d * it to the ground.


Best wishes,

Bernd