[meteorite-list] Fireball question / sonic boom

From: Steve Witt <stelor96_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:35:19 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <499171.76746.qm_at_web56403.mail.re3.yahoo.com>

Sonny,

A good question. I can't speak to the Wheststone event, but with Park Forest there were sonic booms reported by many in the area.

Best,
Steve


Steve Witt
IMCA #9020
http://imca.cc/


--- On Tue, 3/29/11, wahlperry at aol.com <wahlperry at aol.com> wrote:

> From: wahlperry at aol.com <wahlperry at aol.com>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Fireball question / sonic boom
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Tuesday, March 29, 2011, 8:34 AM
> Hi List,
>
> It seems like there have been many fireball sightings in
> the past few months but no material being found on the
> ground, as in the recent Oklahoma event. I was wondering if
> the absence of a sonic boom has anything to do with it.
> Does a sonic boom or explosion have to be present for a
> major meteorite producing event? Could there still be a few
> meteorites on the ground with no sonic boom? With Buzzard
> Coulee, Mifflin, Ash Creek these events all produced
> meteorites and sonic booms were heard by the locals. Does
> anyone know if there were sonic booms associated with the
> Park Forest and Whetstone events?
>
> Thanks,
> Sonny
>
>
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