[meteorite-list] Copter Crash - Meteorite?

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:54:08 2004
Message-ID: <200202221530.HAA21637_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

>
> 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!

It is not uncommon for people witnessing a fireball from a meteorite fall to
think they are seeing a burning plane.

Ron Baalke
Received on Fri 22 Feb 2002 10:30:56 AM PST