[meteorite-list] Copter Crash - Meteorite?

From: magellon_at_earthlink.net <magellon_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:54:08 2004
Message-ID: <3C76551B.7198F01E_at_earthlink.net>

All,
I feel so stupid! It never once thought that the fishermen were describing the falling Chinook helicopter as a "meteorite". Duh! As big and noisy as they are, I wouldn't expect someone a mile or two away to mistake it for a meteorite!
Sorry,
kn

>All,
>The tragic US Army copter crash (which left no survivors) was witnessed by >fishermen about a mile or
>two from the crash site. I find it very odd that they would think the copter was >brought down by a
>meteorite????
>Quote:
>'Rodrigo Alanano, mayor of Dauin town on nearby Negros, said he talked
> with other fishermen who were about one or two miles from the crash
> site.
> "They saw a helicopter in flames in the air, then it exploded as it fell into
> the sea," he said. "They thought it was a meteorite."'
>End quote
>What a strange conclusion? Perhaps they were drinking?
> 3 Bodies Found in Copter Crash
>puzzled,
> kn
Received on Fri 22 Feb 2002 09:26:35 AM PST