[meteorite-list] NPA 10-10-1997 Monohans Meteorite, Meteor Report

From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Apr 13 13:27:32 2005
Message-ID: <BAY104-F19398810B481473938AB34B3340_at_phx.gbl>

Paper: Syracuse Herald-Journal
City: Syracuse, New York
Date: Friday, October 10, 1997
Page: A10

Midday meteor show startles Southwest

     EL PASO, Texas (AP) - It wasn't the end of the world. It just looked
like it to the people who saw a cosmic fireworks show over Southwest skies.
     A meteor streaking through midday skies above West Texas and New Mexico
on Thursday sent residents scurrying to their phones to report what many
feared was an airplane exploding or some kind of aerial collision.
     Robert Simpson saw it from his home near Fort David and was delighted.
But then, he had a better idea of what it was.
     "It always kind of floors you." said Simpson, a spokesman for McDonald
Observatory, 175 miles southeast of El Paso.
     The meteor appeared at 12:47 p.m. as a flash about as bright as the
surface of a setting sun, he said.
     "If it had happened at night it would have lit up the countryside as
bright as day," said Bill Wren of the observatory.
     Fire and police agencies in El Paso County and southern New Mexico were
flooded with reports of an explosion that shook homes and jangled nerves. A
police helicopter flying about 25 miles east of the city spotted an acre of
scorched ranchland, and authorities believe it might be the area where the
meteor hit.

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Mark Bostick
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