[meteorite-list] Meteor Reported in Australia

From: Marc D. Fries <m.fries_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Jun 30 13:53:34 2004
Message-ID: <1641.10.17.14.1.1088618010.squirrel_at_webmail.ciw.edu>

Zig-zagging = tumbling space junk?

MDF

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> http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200406/s1143829.htm]
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> Meteorite reported in southern WA
> Australian Broadcasting Corporation
> June 30, 2004
>
> The Perth Observatory says it has had reports a meteor has crashed
> near Walpole in Western Australia's south.
>
> Witnesses say they saw a large, fiery object zigzagging through the
> sky at about 5:30pm yesterday.
>
> The witnesses say the object left a trail of thick smoke and then
> they heard a bang.
>
> The observatory says it appears the object was travelling somewhere
> between Perth and Albany in a south-south easterly direction.
>
> Walpole resident Heather Burton was in her backyard when she saw the
> object.
>
> She says it was unlike a normal shooting star.
>
> "A shooting star usually just goes straight across or straight down
> - this one had these gradual zigzags just coming down," she said.
>
> Alex Bevan from the WA Museum says the reports indicate the
> sightings were the result of a fireball generated by a meteorite.
>
> "We're certainly picking up reports of a bright fireball and sonic
> phenomena associated - I'm absolutely sure - with the fall of a
> meteorite," Dr Bevan said.
>
> Dr Bevan says it will be difficult to find where the meteorite landed.
>
> "Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be as many observations, so
> actually pinning down where the object landed might be a bit
> difficult and in that area, the vegetation might mean searching for
> it would be difficult," he said.
>
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