[meteorite-list] 2005 - No Falls? Any promising candidates inhiding?

From: Matson, Robert D. <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 16:54:35 -0800
Message-ID: <7C640E28081AEE4B952F008D1E913F1702BF2BD1_at_0461-its-exmb04.us.saic.com>

Hi Mike,

There were a number of bright fireballs in 2005, just nothing recovered
from
any of them. Among the most notable:

March 12, 2005 ~7:40pm PST - Oregon/Washington area
April 24, 2005 ~7:45pm EDT - New England area
September 29, 2005 ~7 pm EDT - Florida
October 31, 2005 6:30 pm EST - Maryland/Virginia
October 31, 2005 9:15 pm EST - Virginia/North Carolina
November 14, 2005 ~8:15 pm CST - Texas

--Rob

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Subject: [meteorite-list] 2005 - No Falls? Any promising candidates
inhiding?

Hi List,

According to all authoritative sources, there were no officially
recognized meteorite falls in the year 2005. 2005 is the only year in
the young 21st century not to have a recognized fall. So, were there
ever any promising reports of falls from that year that were never
followed-up on, or were overlooked in some way? Or perhaps there was a
fall, but is not available to the public or available for
classification?

Will 2005 go down as a "goose egg" year in the annals of meteorite
falls?

I know this sounds like a silly topic to bring up in the year 2010, but
looking back on the numbers since 2000, 2005 stands out like an anomaly.

Best regards and happy huntings,

MikeG
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