[meteorite-list] fireball over midwest

From: batkol <batkol_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 13:53:35 -0600
Message-ID: <003801c7495f$54675f50$3109ff04_at_DJV2WH71>

i'm going to go out and check my back yard. take care
susan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Peterson" <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] fireball over midwest


> Contrary to the article posted by Ron, the fireball was traveling mainly
> north to south, and it looks like most of the action was over west
> central Illinois. It was west of Champaign. I have independent reports
> from Beardstown and Lewistown (30 miles apart) of sonic booms after the
> fireball passed overhead, with short enough time delays to suggest that
> the object was fairly low at that point (15-20 miles). One witness also
> reported electrophonic noise. Termination was probably somewhere between
> Beardstown and St Louis.
>
> I'm not investigating this fireball myself, but thought I'd pass along
> the information that has come my way.
>
> Chris
>
> *****************************************
> Chris L Peterson
> Cloudbait Observatory
> http://www.cloudbait.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Edwin Thompson" <etmeteorites at hotmail.com>
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 9:21 AM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] fireball over midwest
>
>
>> Hello list members. Received two frantic calls from hunters who say
>> there was a huge meteor over Illinois, Indiana and reports from
>> Missouri. It was talked about by Paul Harvey this morning
>> and it sounds like something large came in. Does anyone have more
>> details?
>>
>> Thanks, E.T.
>
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Received on Mon 05 Feb 2007 02:53:35 PM PST


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