[meteorite-list] Fireball question / sonic boom

[Marc Fries]

Something to consider...  If all events with sonic booms generate meteorites, then there are meteorites on the ground in Louisiana/Mississippi from the big fireball there a couple of months back.  Here's Jake Schaefer's page on that event again...

http://3dradar.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/southern-ms-fall-1122011-at-0250-utc/

Cheers,
Marc Fries


On Mar 29, 2011, at 5:11 PM, geozay at aol.com wrote:

> 
> 
>>> There are several falls where no  sonic boom was noticed.  Speaking of US 
> falls, 
> the last two that come  to mind are Berthoud, CO and New Orleans, LA.  
> Others 
> that I can  readily recall are Salem, OR and Athens, AL.  Reports from the 
> latter  
> two specifically state there were no "explosions" or  booms<<
> 
> Thanks Frank...never knew there were any sizable meteorites  recovered from 
> falls without any sonic booms reported. I bet there were some for  those 
> above, but there probably weren't people in the right places to hear it.  
> GeoZay  
> 
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