[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - March 26, 2008 / S...

From: MeteorHntr at aol.com <MeteorHntr_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:40:18 EDT
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Bernd and All,

One man in Park Forest that I purchased a meteorite from was driving to his
house in Park Forest and was at the stop light at the north central part of
Steger when he saw the fireball flash and extinguish.

He went through the light and drove home. He parked his car in front of his
house on the street, and was walking up his driveway when he heard a
whistling noise, one that sounded to him like a bullet flying by his head. Scared,
he dove to the ground thinking he was actually being shot at. At that
second, a meteorite hit his asphalt driveway a few feet away from him. He
continued to crawl to his house door and darted inside.

The next day he heard about the meteorite fall and went out side and found
the meteorite specimen in his front yard.

When I bought the specimen, he told me the story. Curiosity had me go to
that same stop light later that night when traffic was very light, and I
retraced his path to his house. It took me, as I recall, a little over 4 minutes
to make the route to his house and to walk up his driveway. It is possible he
was driving a bit faster than I was, or possibly a bit slower.

What I remember the most was that it was the delay of the rock hitting the
ground almost made the actual fall date to be March 27 instead of being the
same day as the fireball date of March 26. But the landing time, even delayed,
still would have made it by a few minutes before midnight.

Steve Arnold
Arkansas
 



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