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

From: Matt Morgan <mmorgan_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:23:52 2004
Message-ID: <3E838734.D3549418_at_mhmeteorites.com>

I heard 12:30 am making it the 27th local time.

walter branch wrote:

> Reports say around "midnight."
> Does anyone know whether this fell on the 26 or 27?
>
> -Walter
> ---------------------------------------------
> 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 06:20:20 PM PST