[meteorite-list] Meteor Spotted Over Utah
From: Steve Schoner <steve_schoner_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:31 2004 Message-ID: <20031017052151.73736.qmail_at_web12702.mail.yahoo.com> --0-1141659300-1066368111=:72647 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Maybe something big is headed our way. Steve Schoner/ams Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net> wrote: Good god, this has got to be the busiest fall month on record! Where are we, 7 or 8 massive fireballs in the last month, 2 recovered falls so far. Mike Farmer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Baalke" To: "Meteorite Mailing List" Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 10:04 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteor Spotted Over Utah > > > http://www.4utah.com/local_news/local_headlines/story.aspx?content_id=8005564E-D251-4525-B2C7-0C8AEE9B923F > > Meteorite Spotted Over Salt Lake Valley > ABC 4 News > October 16, 2003 > > If you think you saw a UFO over the Salt Lake valley > Thursday morning, you may not have been too far off. > > NORAD is saying they think the unidentified object > was a meteor but they have yet to confirm their > findings. > > ABC 4's Andrew Stack has been close on the tail of > this meteor all day and has more. > > Thursday morning, a soldier on the firing range at > Camp Williams looked up to see a blinding flash, and > then a long con trail. It was a tail many others would > see over the next few minutes. > > "All of a sudden, my eyes saw something fantastic," > describes one. > > "NORAD right now is researching all their records," > explains another. > > Around 10:30 Thursday morning, some caught a > glimpse of a bright, white light. > > "I thought, you know, I'm sitting out here taking UFO > pictures," says Brad Gygi, an eyewitness. > > "At the present time, they figure this is the high time of > the season for meteor showers and that's what one of > the suggestions has been, but right now, it is > undetermined to exactly what it is," says one. > > First it flew over Camp Williams. > > "...saw an airplane going over and then he saw a white > trail that appeared to be coming from the south about > two o'clock and heading to the north at about eight > o'clock," describes LTC Rick West, Camp Williams > Training Site. > > Then it was seen over downtown Salt Lake. > > "It looked like it was heading for downtown Bountiful," > says Richard Law, another eyewitness. > > But it never made it that far. > > "Naturally, with the war going on, I thought, 'oh, oh, > what do we got here?' And then I recognized it > immediately as a comet or a meteor because of its > shape and the way it was going and then when it > exploded and just disappeared, I figured it just burned > out in the atmoshpere." > > "I was lucky to get a couple that did turn out," says > Gygi, of his pictures. > > Brad Gygi was on his way to work and was lucky > enough to snap a few photos before 'it' exploded. > > "It looked really big, a lot bigger than when you see a > plane flying across or something and it was pretty > bright and it looked like a pretty long tail," says Gygi. > > "I just feel like anybody who didn't see it, missed out. > It was beautiful. It was just wonderful to see it." > > The soldier who first saw this meteor reported it > through his chain of command because he feared the > meteor might hit one of the commuter flights preparing > to land at Salt Lake International. > > As it turns out, air traffic controllers at Salt Lake > International took immediate action to ensure safety > as soon as they heard about this explosion in the sky. > > They changed incoming landing approaches for a > couple of flights to avoid the area. > > There were no close calls, all planes landed safely and > everything shortly returned to normal. > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search --0-1141659300-1066368111=:72647 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <DIV>Maybe something big is headed our way.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Steve Schoner/ams</DIV> <DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Good god, this has got to be the busiest fall month on record! Where are we,<BR>7 or 8 massive fireballs in the last month, 2 recovered falls so far.<BR>Mike Farmer<BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "Ron Baalke" <BAALKE_at_ZAGAMI.JPL.NASA.GOV><BR>To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <METEORITE-LIST@METEORITECENTRAL.COM><BR>Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 10:04 PM<BR>Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteor Spotted Over Utah<BR><BR><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>http://www.4utah.com/local_news/local_headlines/story.aspx?content_id=8005564E-D251-4525-B2C7-0C8AEE9B923F<BR>><BR>> Meteorite Spotted Over Salt Lake Valley<BR>> ABC 4 News<BR>> October 16, 2003<BR>><BR>> If you think you saw a UFO over the Salt Lake valley<BR>> Thursday morning, you may not have been too far off.<BR>><BR>> NORAD is saying they think the unidentified object<BR>> was a meteor but they have yet to confirm their<BR>> findings.<BR>><BR>> ABC 4's Andrew Stack has been close on the tail of<BR>> this meteor all day and has more.<BR>><BR>> Thursday morning, a soldier on the firing range at<BR>> Camp Williams looked up to see a blinding flash, and<BR>> then a long con trail. It was a tail many others would<BR>> see over the next few minutes.<BR>><BR>> "All of a sudden, my eyes saw something fantastic,"<BR>> describes one.<BR>><BR>> "NORAD right now is researching all their records,"<BR>> explains another.<BR>><BR>> Around 10:30 Thursday morning, some caught a<BR>> glimpse of a bright, white light.<BR>><BR>> "I thought, you know, I'm sitting out here taking UFO<BR>> pictures," says Brad Gygi, an eyewitness.<BR>><BR>> "At the present time, they figure this is the high time of<BR>> the season for meteor showers and that's what one of<BR>> the suggestions has been, but right now, it is<BR>> undetermined to exactly what it is," says one.<BR>><BR>> First it flew over Camp Williams.<BR>><BR>> "...saw an airplane going over and then he saw a white<BR>> trail that appeared to be coming from the south about<BR>> two o'clock and heading to the north at about eight<BR>> o'clock," describes LTC Rick West, Camp Williams<BR>> Training Site.<BR>><BR>> Then it was seen over downtown Salt Lake.<BR>><BR>> "It looked like it was heading for downtown Bountiful,"<BR>> says Richard Law, another eyewitness.<BR>><BR>> But it never made it that far.<BR>><BR>> "Naturally, with the war going on, I thought, 'oh, oh,<BR>> what do we got here?' And then I recognized it<BR>> immediately as a comet or a meteor because of its<BR>> shape and the way it was going and then when it<BR>> exploded and just disappeared, I figured it just burned<BR>> out in the atmoshpere."<BR>><BR>> "I was lucky to get a couple that did turn out," says<BR>> Gygi, of his pictures.<BR>><BR>> Brad Gygi was on his way to work and was lucky<BR>> enough to snap a few photos before 'it' exploded.<BR>><BR>> "It looked really big, a lot bigger than when you see a<BR>> plane flying across or something and it was pretty<BR>> bright and it looked like a pretty long tail," says Gygi.<BR>><BR>> "I just feel like anybody who didn't see it, missed out.<BR>> It was beautiful. It was just wonderful to see it."<BR>><BR>> The soldier who first saw this meteor reported it<BR>> through his chain of command because he feared the<BR>> meteor might hit one of the commuter flights preparing<BR>> to land at Salt Lake International.<BR>><BR>> As it turns out, air traffic controllers at Salt Lake<BR>> International took immediate action to ensure safety<BR>> as soon as they heard about this explosion in the sky.<BR>><BR>> They changed incoming landing approaches for a<BR>> couple of flights to avoid the area.<BR>><BR>> There were no close calls, all planes landed safely and<BR>> everything shortly returned to normal.<BR>><BR>> ______________________________________________<BR>> Meteorite-list mailing list<BR>> Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com<BR>> http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list<BR>><BR><BR><BR><BR>______________________________________________<BR>Meteorite-list mailing list<BR>Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com<BR>http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list</BLOCKQUOTE><p><hr SIZE=1> Do you Yahoo!?<br> <a href="http://shopping.yahoo.com/?__yltc=s%3A150000443%2Cd%3A22708228%2Cslk%3Atext%2Csec%3Amail">The New Yahoo! 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