[meteorite-list] Spanish fireball also seen from north of Portugal
From: Jose Campos <josecamposcomet_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:59 2004 Message-ID: <DGEBLJJBPOAHJLINCDEHCEEFCAAA.josecamposcomet_at_netcabo.pt> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01C3D4BD.1A7A8390 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi List, I can confirm that the fireball was also seen from several places in northern Portugal. The portuguese newspaper "Correio da Manhã" on its issue dated Tuesday 06 Jan 2004 (page 16), has another article on this fireball. Here is a summary of it: Meteor shower on the Iberian Peninsula: METEOR CAUSES PANIC Dozens of phone calls alerted on a "ball of fire". A meteor is the origin of the phenomena. The sighting of a strange flaming object in the sky caused viewers from different points of Portugal, to enter into an alert, on sunday, on a possible aerial accident. Dozens of firemen went out looking for a possible fallen aircraft, untill the local Civil Protection authorities were informed that it might have been a meteorite fall that was visible from several places of the Iberian Peninsula. "It was a ball with an intense light and a kind of a tail. It seemed like something burning", explained Fernanda Peixoto who at the time was at the town of Viana do Castelo (north of Portugal), where she lives, when she observed the phenomena at around 17h00. Another woman also from Viana do Castelo, Alexandra Pereira, admited to have become scared: "It reminded me of a falling star but it had an enormous dimention and a much more intense luminosity", she said. Also Mr. Paulo Vilaverde, an assessor to the Civil Government of the Viana District, witnessed the fall of the meteorite: "I was coming along the road of Varrosela towards Viana when I saw an enormous brilliance. It called my attention because it was still daylight. It seemed to me that it was a meteorite and promply I called the Civil Protection Services". This same phenomena was also seen from Ponte de Sor, Viseu and Castro d'Aire (Portugal). At Viana do Castelo's Civil Headquarters for Help-line, dozens of phone calls were received from several places from the Minho province. From the city of Viseu the "ball of fire" appeared in full daylight at around 15h30 during a local soccer game between Academico and Vilafranquense at Fontelo Stadium: "I was staring towards one of the goal-lines when I saw a strong light (brilliance)" said José Morais, coach for Academico. In his own words, it was about "something passing by very fast, like a flash" and "it was so bright that it was even visible in daylight". A comet's trail: Scientifically, this Sunday's phenomena is predictable, since every year, at the beginning of January, the terrestrial orbit crosses through a zone of cosmic particles which give origin to a meteorite shower. Seen also from Spain: "A great ball of fire, surrounding a silvery star", that's how one of the spanish witnesses described what had seen in the sky at the time. According to this same witness, the ball of fire caused a strong explosion followed by the ground shaking". There were several phone calls made through several spanish provinces, between 18h00 and 19h00, with a variety of discriptions, including believing to have seen "an aircraft in flames", while others said that they saw "flaming stars". At Galiza, it was also seen by members of the public and soccer players of both teams of Santiago de Compostela and of San Sebastian de los Reys. Also several phone calls were made to the spanish emergency services, from the areas of Madrid, Albacete, Valencia, Teruel and Baleares. (end). NOTE: The times given, are local times. At this time of the year, Portugal (and the UK) is 1 hour behind Spain. I doubt if the report from Viseu (Portugal), given as seen at 15h30 refers to another fireball or something else not related. José. Regards José Campos Portugal --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.556 / Virus Database: 348 - Release Date: 12/26/2003 ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01C3D4BD.1A7A8390 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D450081100-07012004>Hi=20 List,</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D450081100-07012004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D450081100-07012004> = I can confirm=20 that the fireball was also seen from several places in northern=20 Portugal.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN = class=3D450081100-07012004> The portuguese=20 newspaper "Correio da Manh=E3" on its issue dated Tuesday 06 Jan 2004 = (page 16),=20 has another article on this fireball.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN = class=3D450081100-07012004> Here is a=20 summary of it:</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D450081100-07012004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D450081100-07012004> Meteor shower = on the=20 Iberian Peninsula:</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D450081100-07012004> METEOR CAUSES=20 PANIC</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D450081100-07012004> Dozens of phone = calls alerted=20 on a "ball of fire". A meteor is the origin of the=20 phenomena.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D450081100-07012004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D450081100-07012004> The sighting of a = strange=20 flaming object in the sky caused viewers from different points = of Portugal,=20 to enter into an alert, on sunday, on a possible aerial=20 accident.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN = class=3D450081100-07012004> =20 Dozens of firemen went out looking for a possible fallen aircraft, = untill=20 the local Civil Protection authorities were informed that it might have = been a=20 meteorite</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN = class=3D450081100-07012004> =20 fall that was visible from several places of the Iberian=20 Peninsula.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D450081100-07012004> "It was a ball = with an=20 intense light and a kind of a tail. It seemed like something = burning",=20 explained Fernanda Peixoto who at the time was at the town of Viana=20 do</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN = class=3D450081100-07012004> Castelo=20 (north of Portugal), where she lives, when she observed the phenomena at = around=20 17h00.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D450081100-07012004> Another woman = also from=20 Viana do Castelo, Alexandra Pereira, admited to have become scared: "It = reminded=20 me of a falling star but it had an enormous</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D450081100-07012004> = dimention and=20 a much more intense luminosity", she said. Also Mr. Paulo = Vilaverde, an=20 assessor to the Civil Government of the Viana District, witnessed=20 the</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D450081100-07012004> = fall of the=20 meteorite: "I was coming along the road of Varrosela towards=20 Viana when I saw an enormous brilliance. It called my attention=20 because it was still</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D450081100-07012004> = daylight. It=20 seemed to me that it was a meteorite and promply I called the Civil = Protection=20 Services".</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D450081100-07012004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D450081100-07012004> This same phenomena = was also=20 seen from Ponte de Sor, Viseu and Castro d'Aire = (Portugal).</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D450081100-07012004> At Viana do=20 Castelo's Civil Headquarters for Help-line, dozens of phone calls = were=20 received from several places from the Minho = province.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D450081100-07012004> From the city of = Viseu the=20 "ball of fire" appeared in full daylight at around 15h30 during a = local=20 soccer game between Academico and Vilafranquense at</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN = class=3D450081100-07012004> Fontelo=20 Stadium: "I was staring towards one of the goal-lines when I saw a = strong light=20 (brilliance)" said Jos=E9 Morais, coach for Academico. In his=20 own</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN = class=3D450081100-07012004> words,=20 it was about "something passing by very fast, like a flash" and "it was = so=20 bright that it was even visible in daylight".</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D450081100-07012004> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN = class=3D450081100-07012004> A=20 comet's trail: Scientifically, this Sunday's phenomena is predictable, = since=20 every year, at the beginning of January, the terrestrial orbit crosses = through=20 a</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN = class=3D450081100-07012004> zone of=20 cosmic particles which give origin to a meteorite = shower.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D450081100-07012004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D450081100-07012004>Seen = also from=20 Spain:</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN = class=3D450081100-07012004> "A=20 great ball of fire, surrounding a silvery star", that's how one of the = spanish=20 witnesses described what had seen in the sky at the time. According to = this=20 same</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D450081100-07012004> = witness, the=20 ball of fire caused a strong explosion followed by the ground shaking". = There=20 were several phone calls made through several spanish provinces,=20 </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D450081100-07012004> = between 18h00=20 and 19h00, with a variety of discriptions, including believing to=20 have seen "an aircraft in flames", while others said that they saw = "flaming=20 stars".</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D450081100-07012004> = At Galiza, it=20 was also seen by members of the public and soccer players of both teams = of=20 Santiago de Compostela and of San Sebastian de los = Reys.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D450081100-07012004> = Also several=20 phone calls were made to the spanish emergency services, from the areas = of=20 Madrid, Albacete, Valencia, Teruel and Baleares. =20 (end).</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D450081100-07012004> = </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D450081100-07012004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN = class=3D450081100-07012004> NOTE: The=20 times given, are local times. At this time of the year, Portugal (and = the UK) is=20 1 hour behind Spain.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D450081100-07012004> &nbs= p; =20 I doubt if the report from Viseu (Portugal), given as seen at 15h30 = refers to=20 another fireball or something else not related.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D450081100-07012004> &nbs= p; =20 Jos=E9.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN = class=3D450081100-07012004> =20 </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Regards</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2>Jos=E9<SPAN = class=3D450081100-07012004>=20 Campos</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D450081100-07012004>Portugal</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20 class=3D450081100-07012004></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01C3D4BD.1A7A8390--Received on Tue 06 Jan 2004 08:25:15 PM PST |
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