[meteorite-list] New Moroccan fall

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:44:59 -0700
Message-ID: <996CD47EFC20434FB105493AFCDF1DE5_at_bellatrix>

I'll take that as a fireball that produced sounds. I very much doubt anybody
heard an impact. Still, sonic booms are a strong indicator of meteorite
production.

Chris

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Cloudbait Observatory
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Abdelaziz Alhyane" <abdelaziz_alhyane at yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2008 11:38 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] New Moroccan fall


> Hello List Members,
>
> Last Saturday, about 10:30 pm, a huge and bright fireball seen over
> Taliouine travelleing from southwest to the northeast, poeple in high
> atlas mountains confirmed that they have heard the firball hit a mountain
> in between Tahnaout and Ait ourir, Marrakech region. inhabitants was so
> scared since they have never seen a thing like that, it is so very hard to
> find the meteorites because of the snow, much trees, and unfortunately
> much stories, most are blabla. but we are always optimistic and trying to
> get more correct infos and why not to find this meteorite, It would be a
> happy ending of the 2008.
>
> My best
> Aziz
Received on Sat 27 Dec 2008 01:44:59 PM PST