[meteorite-list] Meteorite Fall In Australia?

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:39 2004
Message-ID: <200306152259.PAA22434_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,6599319%255E2862,00.html

Space object crashes
By NICOLE COX
Herald Sun (Australia)
June 15, 2003

A SPACE object, possibly a meteorite, has hit near Mildura.

Timber cutter Ross Hadenfeldt said he was working on a property in Euston, about 100km
southeast of Mildura, on June 4 when he saw what he thought was a meteorite at 7.25pm.

"It was green, red, orange and yellow, and its edges were bright white flashes," Mr
Hadenfeldt said.

He it was about 200m long, with the tail fishtailing and corkscrewing.

The object would have landed between Mildura and Mt Dispersion, he said.

Mr Hadenfeldt said he had seen four similar bright-light sightings
in the past two years, but none as significant as this.

Sunraysia Stargazers secretary Kerry Needs said a meteorite could
draw people to the area keen to find fragments and pinpoint exactly
where it hit.

Astronomical Society of Victoria president Perry Vlahos said it
was unlikely it was a meteorite.

"Corkscrewing is not something meteorites usually do," Mr Vlahos
said. "If this was corkscrewing, it is more likely it was something
terrestrial or a satellite breaking up on re-entry."
Received on Sun 15 Jun 2003 06:59:42 PM PDT