[meteorite-list] 'Flare' Over Lake Superior Was Really A Meteor

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Jan 7 16:03:21 2005
Message-ID: <200501072103.NAA26800_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.grandmarais-mn.com/placed/index.php?sect_rank=1&story_id=190868

Five Mile Rock 'flare' was really a meteor
Cook County News-Herald (Minnesota)
January 6, 2005

A meteor streaking over Lake Superior early Tuesday night was
misidentified by a resident as a flare going up near Five Mile Rock and
a call was made to 911 to report the incident.

"Somebody called and said they saw a light," said Lindsay Williams, a
dispatcher at the Sheriff's Department.

A deputy was sent to the area to investigate.

Over the next half hour or so, communications between the sheriff's
department and the deputy on a police scanner included requests to
notify both the U.S. Coast Guard and an automated flight service station
located in Princeton, Minn.

The responding officer reported no problems in the area, according to
the dispatcher's records.

The sheriff's department then called the U.S. Weather Service in Duluth
which reported that meteor showers were predicted for Lake Superior on
both Tuesday and Wednesday nights.

"We've had meteor showers before that people thought were lights," the
dispatcher said.
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Received on Fri 07 Jan 2005 04:03:05 PM PST