[meteorite-list] More news on May 17th event in Norway

From: Michael Mazur <mjmazur_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 02:02:06 +0200
Message-ID: <cbdefd770705221702q5e85afdy50de340d5a16e728_at_mail.gmail.com>

All,

Here's another link to a story on the May 17th event in Norway. It's in
norwegian so here is the quick translation.

http://www.bangirommet.no/pages/news/180507_ildkule.html

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On the evening of the 17th of May, a very intense fireball was seen in the
sky over ?stland. Even though it was full daylight, it was not difficult to
se the object on the blue sky. The object exploded and has a probability of
producing meteorites. In some places, a strong, explosion-like sound was
heard a few minutes after the object had passed over the sky.

We have gotten an enormous number of tips. The object was seen by many
people and the fireball was very impressive. It was observed from
Lillehammer and Dokka in the North to Krager? in the southwest and south to
Sarpsborg. A strong sound was heard over a large area around Kongsvinger,
Skarnes and Skotterud. We would like more observations, especially from
easterly areas and from ?stfold. Please contact us if you find any suspect
rocks.
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**At approximately 19:12 on the 17th of May it has happened again. This time
the object was arrow-like (?) with a 'butt' front and a long tail. The
colour is described as intense white or silver coloured.

The object was seen over the southeast parts of ?stland (southerly parts of
Hedmark, Akershus, and ?stfold). More observations are needed to calculate a
precise trajectory and eventually find out where meteorites may have fallen
down.
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The places mentioned can easily be found in GE. The area in which sounds are
reported is close enough to the Swedish border that, with a 5 minute delay
between light and sound, the burst could have been in Sweden. Either way,
the search conditions are less than ideal.

Mike

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Michael Mazur
Vigdelsvegen 523
4054 Tjelta
Norway
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