[meteorite-list] Another Witness Photographs The UK Fireball

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:20 2004
Message-ID: <200310031615.JAA07997_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/content_objectid=13476370_method=full_siteid=50082_headline=-Digital-snap-backs-up-meteor-story-name_page.html

Digital snap backs up meteor story
ic Wales (United Kingdom)
October 3, 2003

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a meteor - and although he didn't know it
at the time that's exactly what Julian Heywood snapped on his digital
phone in Porthcawl.

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Picture copyright:Julian Heywood

The sight of the blazing meteor was striking enough for the 27-year-old
Scotsman to whip out his phone and point. Then, after reading about the
'bogus' meteor shot taken by Pencoed's Jonathan Burnett, Julian knew he had
just the thing to back up the schoolboy's story.

"I thought nothing of it at the time," said the IT support worker from Aberdeen,
"I didn't even know what it was. But when I heard a BBC report and read the
story in the Western Mail that they thought the picture was a fake, I thought:
'No way! I have the same picture!'"

Like Jonathan, Julian - who works in Bridgend - sent a copy of the picture to
NASA. "They were very excited about it," he said. "They'll be keeping me
informed."
 
Received on Fri 03 Oct 2003 12:15:50 PM PDT