[meteorite-list] NP Article, 01-1958 Meteor Explodes Over Midwest
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:21:02 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV8477bieLYCT0000013d_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0034_01C346FC.03B25E70 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Paper: Joplin Globe =20 City: Joplin, Missouri =20 Date: Friday, January 03, 1958 BRIGHT OBJECT IN SKY OBSERVED Scientists Believe Brilliant Spectacle in Midwest Was Caused by Meteorite St. Louis, An. 2 (AP) - Scientists say a brilliant object which flashed a= cross the skies in the Midwest today apparently was a meteorite. Many obs= ervers said the object appeared to explode. The scientists also discounted any possibility that it was the death plun= ge of Sputnik I. Sightings were reported from Missouri, Illinois and Ohio= . Ten Illinois State Police cars made reports on the object and three law o= fficers were among those sighting it in Ohio. It was variously described as a brilliant blue-white, greenish and fiery = red. A few observers reported it was accompanied by a sonic roar, others = heard no noise. In earth of the state, observers said it appeared to plunge earthward and= explode. All the sightings were between 12:10 and 12:15 a.m. (CST) A scientist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory said the firebal= l apparently was a meteorite. Edwin E. Friton of St. Louis, regional director of the American Meteor So= ciety, and director Stuart L. O'Bryne of the St. Louis Moonwatch Operatio= n, said the orbit of the Russian satellite would have placed it over St. = Louis an hour and a half earlier than the time of the sightings. =20 The fireball appeared to move slower than the usual meteor to W. V. Finle= y, engineer of the Frisco freight train traveling in southeast Missouri. "It suddenly blew up," he said "a shower of sparks went out in all direct= ions." It was described as a "Huge greenish ball of fire about 10 feet in diamet= er," by observers at Springfield, Ohio. Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_0034_01C346FC.03B25E70 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV><B><FONT size=3D= 2> <P>Paper: Joplin Globe </P> <P>City: Joplin, Missouri </P> <P>Date: Fr= iday, January 03, 1958</P></B> <P> </P> <P>BRIGHT OBJECT IN SKY OBSE= RVED</P> <P>Scientists Believe Brilliant Spectacle in Midwest Was Caused = by Meteorite</P> <P>St. Louis, An. 2 (AP) - Scientists say a brilliant ob= ject which flashed across the skies in the Midwest today apparently was a= meteorite. Many observers said the object appeared to explode.</P> <P>Th= e scientists also discounted any possibility that it was the death plunge= of Sputnik I. Sightings were reported from Missouri, Illinois and Ohio.<= /P> <P>Ten Illinois State Police cars made reports on the object and thre= e law officers were among those sighting it in Ohio.</P> <P>It was variou= sly described as a brilliant blue-white, greenish and fiery red. A few ob= servers reported it was accompanied by a sonic roar, others heard no nois= e.</P> <P>In earth of the state, </FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>obser= vers said it appeared to plunge earthward and explode. All the sightings = were between 12:10 and 12:15 a.m. (CST)</P> <P>A scientist at the Smithso= nian Astrophysical Observatory said the fireball apparently was a meteori= te.</P> <P>Edwin E. Friton of St. Louis, regional director of the America= n Meteor Society, and director Stuart L. O'Bryne of the St. Louis Moonwat= ch Operation, said the orbit of the Russian satellite would have placed i= t over St. Louis an hour and a half earlier than the time of the sighting= s. </P> <P>The fireball appeared to move slower than the usual meteor to = W. V. Finley, engineer of the Frisco freight train traveling in southeast= Missouri.</P> <P>"It suddenly blew up," he said "a shower of sparks went= out in all directions."</P> <P>It was described as a "Huge greenish ball= of fire about 10 feet in diameter," by observers at Springfield, Ohio.</= P></FONT><BR><BR>Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line = archive of meteor and meteorite articles.</DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0034_01C346FC.03B25E70-- Received on Thu 10 Jul 2003 04:57:50 PM PDT |
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