[meteorite-list] Huge Fireball: Possible First Meteorite Fall of 2011

[Shawn Alan]

Hello Listers,
 
 
This is exciting news about the 1.11.11 fire ball sighting. Now I wonder has any listers been able to determine the time of the fall. I have read 8:50pm and also 8:30pm and the reports at AMS range from 8:30 to 9:00 pm. Also the sightings are all over the board from 6 different states. From what I can gather is that the fire ball moved from a SE to NW and people in NC heard a boom. Now I have never seen a fire ball so I am not sure how they look in the sky and move, but for it to be heard in NC from some reports I have to assume the more in the eastern side of the sky when this event took place the other night? I hope in the next few days we can get some reports from people that heard the boom and state their location. All I have read in some blog posts is that they heard a boom, but they forgot to tell the time and their location. I wondering if a meteorite comes from this fireball, how far would the meteorite be from the boom of the fall?
 
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Yeah, sounded pretty impressive at first and was reported over a huge area, but as others have noted, it was quite short, so ... 

Robert Woolard 


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On Jan 12, 2011, at 11:59 AM, Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com> wrote: 


> UPDATE: New data added... This is a short duration event. Current public video sucks, and no radar yet. Over 30 sightings on AMS. I've added a map, and the Google Earth KMZ file for download for those who want to try this one. http://www.meteoritesusa.com/meteorite-news/huge-fireball-seen-across-6-states/ 

> 

> Enjoy... 

> 

> Regards, 

> Eric 

> 

> 

> 

> On 1/12/2011 12:20 AM, Meteorites USA wrote: 

>> You know, sometimes it's just too good to be true... What are the chances a meteorite falls on 1/11/11 just a mere couple weeks before the Tucson show? ;) 

>> 

>> We might have our first meteorite fall of 2011. Too many reports of fragmentation and sonic booms for it not to be. Looks like this might be the real deal. 

>> 

>> Here's some quotes from the articles: 

>> 

>> "A sonic boom was heard as far north as Western North Carolina..." 

>> 

>> "...Copiah County Emergency Management Director Randle Drane said residents who saw the light and heard a subsequent boom called to report what they had seen or heard. The majority of those who heard the boom were near the town of Hopewell just southeast of Crystal Springs...." 

>> 

>> "...Little Rock, Ark. Around 8:30 p.m. we began receiving calls about a bright flash of light and a boom..." 

>> 

>> "...Around 9 PM Tuesday, the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office received several calls of what looked like balls of fire falling from the sky...." 

>> 

>> "...According to affiliate KFSM, the meteor was also sighted in Greenwood, Jonesboro, Jackson, Miss., Biloxi, Miss., and the Florida Panhandle...." 

>> 

>> Reports still coming in... 

>> 

>> Regards, 

>> Eric Wichman 

>> Meteorites USA 

>> www.meteoritesusa.com 

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