[meteorite-list] Another Witness Photographs The UK Fireball

From: Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:20 2004
Message-ID: <02a301c389cd$52c2e070$0200a8c0_at_S0031628003>

Holy crap, I guess the little tyke might just have the best photo ever taken
of a fireball!
This new one sure as heck is real, and if you look at both, you can clearly
see the same clouds!
Mike Farmer
Rob, I WANT SOME of this meteorite!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Baalke" <baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 9:15 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Another Witness Photographs The UK Fireball


>
>
>
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/content_objectid=13476370_method=full_siteid=50082_headline=-Digital-snap-backs-up-meteor-story-name_page.html
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> 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.
>
> [Image]
>
> 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."
>
>
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Received on Fri 03 Oct 2003 12:42:24 PM PDT