[meteorite-list] Possible Meteorite Spotted Over Philly

From: actionshooting at carolina.rr.com <actionshooting_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:10:44 -0500
Message-ID: <20110214201044.I8BDH.119052.root_at_hrndva-web23-z01>

If I remember correctly isn't 12:45 PM during the day time?? Just a few hours ago.


---- Mike Hankey <mike.hankey at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for sending this out Phil.
>
> There have been over 20 reports to the AMS in the last hour about this.
>
> That is a lot of reports in a short amount of time for a night time
> fireball, so it must have been pretty significant.
>
> I ran a quick plot on the AMS reports and it doesn't look good:
>
> http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/comets/daytime-fireball-makes-waves-in-philly-2011-02-14/
>
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 1:58 PM, JoshuaTreeMuseum
> <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> > http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/local_news/021411-possible-meteorite-spotted-over-philadelphia
> > Possible Meteorite Spotted Over Philly
> > Fox 29 has received several reports of an object that resembled a meteor
> > that has spotted in the sky near the Philadelphia Navy Yard facility.
> >
> > The incident happened before 12:45 p.m. ET, according to witnesses who
> > called Fox 29. There are also reports on Twitter and Facebook about the
> > incident.
> >
> > Fox 29 TV reporter Chris O'Connell also saw the object, which he described
> > as "majestic" and "beautiful," at about 12:35 p.m. as he was driving on I-95
> > near the airport.
> >
> > A Fox 29 viewer spotted the object at 12:36 p.m. in Delaware.
> >
> > There also have been several reports of similar occurrences today in
> > Connecticut and New York.
> >
> > Meteorites are naturally occurring objects that originate in space and
> > survive a fall through Earth's atmosphere. Most are remnants of asteroids or
> > possibly comets.
> >
> > The Navy Yard facility is on the Delaware River, which is also used as a
> > flight path to Philadelphia International Airport.
> >
> > The American Meteor Society track meteorite spottings but has not yet posted
> > anything today in its Web site.
> >
> > If you saw the object, we could like you to contact our Newsdesk at
> > fox29.newsdesk at foxtv.com.
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Phil Whitmer
> >
> >
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Stuart McDaniel
Lawndale, NC

Received on Mon 14 Feb 2011 03:10:44 PM PST