[meteorite-list] July 24th 1960 - Meteorite in Lowe Eyre Peninsula?

From: chris aubeck <caubeck_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Dec 8 13:49:11 2005
Message-ID: <3a5693b30512081049l588c627ak676cd24f3b685e3a_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

I've come across this reference, does anyone know anything about this
probable meteorite?

07-24-1960



"A giant object, glowing like the sun and travelling at tremendous
speed, exploded in the sea with a terrifying roar off Mt Drummond on
Lower Eyre Peninsula on July 24 1960. About five minutes later, the
previously quiet surf was heard twelve miles away roaring and pounding
the shore. This was the story told by Mr. K. Ashman from his farm at
Kapinnie. He said his house was shaken by the blast as percussion
waves streaked inland. He said he saw the object, glowing like the sun
and streaking across his property from NE and SW trailing a brilliant
white light a minute or two after sundown.



"'It was difficult to estimate accurately the height at which the
object passed, because it was travelling at times through cloud,' he
told reporters, 'It was also hard to estimate its size because of its
bright light.'



"However, Mr. Ashman estimated that the object crashed into the sea
fifty miles out to sea and about seventy miles from his farm. He said
it was difficult to judge just how loud the explosion was because
accompanying shock waves had affected his ears.

"'We can hear the sea when it is rough from the house, but it was a
calm sea just before the explosion. However, after the explosion we
could hear the sea roaring. It lasted for about thirty seconds...'"

This reference: UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere, by Michael Hervey,
p. 170-171, (c) 1975
Received on Thu 08 Dec 2005 01:49:07 PM PST