[meteorite-list] New Article About Alabama Superbolide of Dec.5, 1999

From: Allen Shaw <allenshaw_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:21:07 2004
Message-ID: <001201c350d2$ffa714c0$f7aef7c6_at_bolide>

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   Greetings Ron & list,
   My brother and myself investigated this occurance. After speaking =
with numerous eyewitnesses we narrowed it down to ~3x12 mile swath =
whereby the onlookers heard the tell tale thunderous rumble followed by =
a swishing/sizzling sound. One husband and wife heard small raps, like =
pellets clanking on thier roof and in their guttering. Still we found =
nothing. They also told us that it rained a day or two after the bolide, =
which makes me believe that maybe it was a variety of carbonaceous, like =
Tagish Lake, that rained down that day in Dec. 1999, rendering the =
material into space-mud?
---Shaw =20
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Ron Baalke=20
  To: Meteorite Mailing List=20
  Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 2:56 PM
  Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New Article About Alabama Superbolide of =
Dec.5, 1999


>=20
> In the latest issue of Eos (American=20
> Geophysical Union), there is a detailed=20
> article about about fireballs (bolides)
> seen all across Alabama on Dec. 5, 1999. =20
> It is:
>=20
> King, D. T., and Petruny, L. W., 2003,=20
> The Trans-Alabama Superbolide of 5=20
> December 1999.Eos, vol.84, no. 27,
> p. 253, 257 (July 1003)
>=20

  I just obtained a copy of the article. It is interesting because a DOD
  satellite also observed this fireball. The DOD measurements of the =
flight
  path differed from the ground observations by about 90 degrees, just =
like
  with Park Forest. The author concluded that the DOD measurements were =
wrong,
  but like Park Forest, it is probably just an observing effect.

  The article also mentioned that three adjacent ground fires occurred =
at about
  the same time as the fireball passage. No meteorites were found at the =
burn sites.
  The author surmised the fireball was the cause of the fires due to an =
electrical=20
  discharge was created by the fireball's ionized wake. However, =
checking=20
  the lightning data for the area showed no discarges had occurred.=20

  Ron Baalke=20

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tell tale=20
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husband and=20
wife heard small raps, like pellets clanking on thier roof and in their=20
guttering. Still we found nothing. They also told us that it rained a =
day or two=20
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variety of=20
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  About Alabama Superbolide of Dec.5, 1999</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>&gt; <BR>&gt; In the latest issue of Eos (American =
<BR>&gt;=20
  Geophysical Union), there is a detailed <BR>&gt; article about about =
fireballs=20
  (bolides)<BR>&gt; seen all across Alabama on Dec. 5, 1999.&nbsp; =
<BR>&gt; It=20
  is:<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; King, D. T., and Petruny, L. W., 2003, <BR>&gt; =
The=20
  Trans-Alabama Superbolide of 5 <BR>&gt; December 1999.Eos, vol.84, no. =

  27,<BR>&gt; p. 253, 257 (July 1003)<BR>&gt; <BR><BR>I just obtained a =
copy of=20
  the article. It is interesting because a DOD<BR>satellite also =
observed this=20
  fireball. The DOD measurements of the flight<BR>path differed from the =
ground=20
  observations by about 90 degrees, just like<BR>with Park Forest.&nbsp; =
The=20
  author concluded that the DOD measurements were wrong,<BR>but like =
Park=20
  Forest, it is probably just an observing effect.<BR><BR>The article =
also=20
  mentioned that three adjacent ground fires occurred at about<BR>the =
same time=20
  as the fireball passage. No meteorites were found at the burn =
sites.<BR>The=20
  author surmised the fireball was the cause of the fires due to an =
electrical=20
  <BR>discharge was created by the fireball's ionized wake.&nbsp; =
However,=20
  checking <BR>the lightning data for the area showed no discarges had =
occurred.=20
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