[meteorite-list] NP Article, 10-1992 Peekskill Pre-Meteorite Reports

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From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:45 2004
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Paper: The Chronicle-telegram =20
City: Elyria, Oh =20
Date: October 10, 1992
Page: 1
Spectacular meteor fall is visible in 9 states
By Linda Kramer
C-T Night Metro Editor
The homecoming king and queen at Midview High School got a spectacular se=
nd off Friday night - a fast-moving, brilliant light display, courtesy of=
a bluish-green meteor shower high over the football stadium.
Chronicle-Telegram photographer Tom Dangerfield and many others at the ga=
me thought the sudden burst of light as the meteor entered the atmosphere=
might have been an airplace crash.
So did thousands of other residents of northeast Ohio who flooded news ro=
oms and police stations throughtout the area with phone calls.
"There was an extremely long tail and we could see pieces falling off as =
it broke up," said Dangerfield. "you could see it burning, breaking apart=
. Then there was kind of a pop at the end when it blew up in a big ball o=
f flames."
The Lorain County Sheriff's office reported receiving 100-150 calls from =
residents claiming to have seen everything from "funny lights" to a "UFO =
in my backyard."
According to Robert Fischietto of the operations center at Cleveland Hopk=
ins Airport, the bright lights were a huger meteor moving from the south =
over the northeast United States. Fischietto said the shower was tracked =
by air traffic controllers and was probably highly visible because of the=
clear skies Friday night.
Astronomers said the display was visible in nine states. Fischietto said =
the meteor burned up in Forth of July-like fashion in the upper atmospher=
e.
"It cooked for a good 15 seconds," said eye-witness Sgt. Christopher Sams=
, a Lorain County deputy sheriff. Sams said he was east of Oberlin at the=
intersection of Butternut Ridge and Ridge Roads around 8 p.m. when he sp=
otted the exploding lights.
"It started off as blue and green and burst into a rainbow of colors as i=
t blew up. It's the largest meteor I've ever seen." he said. Sams, who ha=
s seen three other meteors, said that because of the high altitude he est=
imated the meteor flamed out somewhere over the Ohio-Pennsylvania border =
and was in no danger of harming earth-bound observers.
Dangerfield said the space traveler made its appearance just prior to kic=
k-off at the Midview-Sandusky football game.

Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor=
and meteorite articles.

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<HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV> Paper: The Chronicle-te=
legram City: Elyria, =
Oh Date: October 10, 1992 Page: 1 Spectacular m=
eteor fall is visible in 9 states By Linda Kramer C-T Night=
Metro Editor The homecoming king and queen at Midview High School=
got a spectacular send off Friday night - a fast-moving, brilliant light=
display, courtesy of a bluish-green meteor shower high over the football=
stadium. Chronicle-Telegram photographer Tom Dangerfield and many=
others at the game thought the sudden burst of light as the meteor enter=
ed the atmosphere might have been an airplace crash. So did thousa=
nds of other residents of northeast Ohio who flooded news rooms and polic=
e stations throughtout the area with phone calls. "There was an ex=
tremely long tail and we could see pieces falling off as it broke up," sa=
id Dangerfield. "you could see it burning, breaking apart. Then there was=
kind of a pop at the end when it blew up in a big ball of flames." <=
P>The Lorain County Sheriff's office reported receiving 100-150 calls fro=
m residents claiming to have seen everything from "funny lights" to a "UF=
O in my backyard." According to Robert Fischietto of the o=
perations center at Cleveland Hopkins Airport, the bright lights were a h=
uger meteor moving from the south over the northeast United States. Fisch=
ietto said the shower was tracked by air traffic controllers and was prob=
ably highly visible because of the clear skies Friday night. Astro=
nomers said the display was visible in nine states. Fischietto said the m=
eteor burned up in Forth of July-like fashion in the upper atmosphere.</P=
> "It cooked for a good 15 seconds," said eye-witness Sgt. Christopher=
Sams, a Lorain County deputy sheriff. Sams said he was east of Oberlin a=
t the intersection of Butternut Ridge and Ridge Roads around 8 p.m. when =
he spotted the exploding lights. "It started off as blue and green=
and burst into a rainbow of colors as it blew up. It's the largest meteo=
r I've ever seen." he said. Sams, who has seen three other meteors, said =
that because of the high altitude he estimated the meteor flamed out some=
where over the Ohio-Pennsylvania border and was in no danger of harming e=
arth-bound observers. Dangerfield said the space traveler made its=
appearance just prior to kick-off at the Midview-Sandusky football game.=
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e archive of meteor and meteorite articles.</DIV></BODY></HTML>

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