[meteorite-list] For those who like meteorites with weird names

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:52:36 -0400
Message-ID: <4vque4dcqagjpc1uktd6tnbu6kilujv7r3_at_4ax.com>

Wouldn't Kalamazoo be a great one?

http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9156541

Meteor, or something, spotted in sky

Posted: Oct 9, 2008 11:17 PM

Updated: Oct 9, 2008 11:50 PM

SAUGATUCK, Mich. (WOOD) -- 24 Hour News 8 received many e-mails Thursday night
about something falling from the sky.

Viewers from Kalamazoo to Allegan County to Cedar Springs reported seeing
something that looked like a shooting star with an "orangish tail."

Dave Swanson, who works in the control tower at the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek
International Airport, told 24 Hour News 8 that at 9:17 p.m. he saw a "meteoroid
in the NW sky traking NNE. Duration of less than 2 seconds, but brilliant when
it was lit."

Police scanners revealed Allegan County authorities dispatched some crews to
check it out after receiving phone calls in the Saugatuck area. There were
initial reports of a possible plane down. Authorities were called back after a
brief search.

Storm Team 8 Meteorologist Bill Steffen also received phone calls and e-mails
from across West Michigan. He said it was likely a meteor. Plus, since we don't
know that any fragments made it to the ground, what was spotted should be called
a meteor.

According to NASA, a meteor is a bright streak of light that appears briefly in
the sky. Observers often call meteors shooting stars or falling stars because
they look like stars falling from the sky....Meteorites reach the earth's
surface because they are the right size to travel through the atmosphere. If
they are too small, they will disintegrate in the atmosphere. If they are too
large, they may explode before reaching the earth's surface.

Those at WGN-TV in Chicago told 24 Hour News 8 they, too, have received calls of
something in the sky.

If you saw anything, please e-mail the 24 Hour News 8 newsroom at
newsroom at woodtv.com.
Received on Fri 10 Oct 2008 10:52:36 AM PDT