[meteorite-list] Family Claims To Have Seen A Meteorite Hit The Ground in Canada

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:50:59 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <200703151650.l2FGox320172_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.yorkregion.com/yr/yr4/YR_News/TopStories/story/3911254p-4522725c.html

Family sees meteorite hit ground
Michael Power
Yorkregion.com
March 15, 2007

What Richard Yip-Chuck saw fall into a farmer's field Sunday
evening looked like a long, white ball with orange sparks
shooting off the back.

The Holland Landing resident was driving along Hwy. 7 with
his wife, Ele, and sons Kyle, 12, and 10-year-old Dylan,
when they saw what looked like a fireball plummet to earth.

"There were sparks coming out of the back," Mr. Yip-Chuck
said. "It was wild."

The bright flashes of light in the sky Sunday led to police
switchboards in Toronto, York and Durham regions lighting
up with people wondering what was happening.

People called saying they had seen a fireball in the sky
between 8 and 8:30 p.m.

The Yip-Chucks, who were returning from hockey games in
Lindsay where both sons play on the same team, saw the
meteorite hit a farmers' field west of Lindsay, about an
hour from Newmarket.

His younger son, Dylan, thought the fireball might
have been a UFO, Mr. Yip-Chuck said.

"He was freaking out, saying, 'We've got to get off the
road,'" he said. "But it was really cool, moving really
fast. Whatever was coming off it was really bright."

The ball of light at first appeared to be a meteor, but
also seemed too large for a falling rock, said Mr.
Yip-Chuck's older son, Kyle.

The ball looked to be about the size of a car, said Kyle,
who plays for the York Simcoe Express AAA hockey team.

The meteorite was probably about the size of a fist,
given so many people in the GTA were able to see it,
said Paul Delaney, a professor of physics and astronomy
at York University.
Received on Thu 15 Mar 2007 12:50:59 PM PDT