[meteorite-list] Meteor Chunks Crash In South Suburb - illinois

From: walter branch <branchw_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:23:52 2004
Message-ID: <003201c2f4b6$b93552e0$6601a8c0_at_l1s2m3>

Reports say around "midnight."
Does anyone know whether this fell on the 26 or 27?

-Walter
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www.branchmeteorites.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Heinrich" <lenticulina1_at_yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 11:01 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteor Chunks Crash In South Suburb - illinois


> below are some wbe pages that might be of interest.
>
> Paul
> Baton Rouge, LA
>
> 1. Meteorite Or Space Debris Falls In Illinois
> http://www.wbbm780.com/asp/ViewMoreDetails.asp?ID=20592
>
> Thursday, March 27, 2003, 7:00 a.m.
> By The Associated Press
>
> "People throughout the state called police after
> seeing a flash of bright blue light in the midnight
> sky."
>
> "In a suburb south of Chicago several homes
> were struck by what appear to be chunks of
> meteorite. The falling objects pierced the roofs
> of two homes and the Park Forest fire station,
> but no one was injured, said Park Forest Police
> Capt. Francis DioGuardi."
>
> 2. Meteor Chunks Crash In South Suburb, Light
> Up Night Sky - Residents from 4 States Report
> Seeing Bright Light
> http://www.nbc5.com/news/2067595/detail.html
>
> "PARK FOREST, Ill. -- A freelance photographer
> shooting a fire in south suburban Park Forest
> captured a bright flash of light (pictured, left)
> that "turned midnight to noon" for several
> seconds, and police said it appeared it was
> the breaking up of a meteorite.
>
> "Huge chunks of rock-like objects (pictured,
> right) from the suspected meteorite damaged
> the roofs of two homes, but nobody was injured."
>
>
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Received on Thu 27 Mar 2003 06:15:14 PM PST


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