[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> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C35098.5287FA00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C35098.5287FA00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#fffbf0> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2> = Greetings Ron=20 & list,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2> = My brother and=20 myself investigated this occurance. After speaking with numerous = eyewitnesses we=20 narrowed it down to ~3x12 mile swath whereby the onlookers heard the = tell tale=20 thunderous rumble followed by a swishing/sizzling sound. One = 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 after the bolide, which makes me believe that maybe it was a = variety of=20 carbonaceous, like Tagish Lake, that rained down that day in Dec. 1999,=20 rendering the material into space-mud?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"Comic Sans MS" = size=3D2>---Shaw =20 </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A href=3D"mailto:baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov"=20 title=3Dbaalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>Ron Baalke</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com"=20 title=3Dmeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>Meteorite Mailing List</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 22, 2003 = 2:56=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [meteorite-list] = New Article=20 About Alabama Superbolide of Dec.5, 1999</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>> <BR>> In the latest issue of Eos (American = <BR>>=20 Geophysical Union), there is a detailed <BR>> article about about = fireballs=20 (bolides)<BR>> seen all across Alabama on Dec. 5, 1999. = <BR>> It=20 is:<BR>> <BR>> King, D. T., and Petruny, L. W., 2003, <BR>> = The=20 Trans-Alabama Superbolide of 5 <BR>> December 1999.Eos, vol.84, no. = 27,<BR>> p. 253, 257 (July 1003)<BR>> <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. = 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. = However,=20 checking <BR>the lightning data for the area showed no discarges had = occurred.=20 <BR><BR>Ron Baalke=20 = <BR><BR>______________________________________________<BR>Meteorite-list = mailing list<BR><A=20 = href=3D"mailto:Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com">Meteorite-list@meteor= itecentral.com</A><BR><A=20 = href=3D"http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list">http://w= ww.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list</A></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></= HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C35098.5287FA00-- Received on Wed 23 Jul 2003 12:29:24 AM PDT |
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