[meteorite-list] Fireball question / sonic boom

From: Marc Fries <fries_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:32:12 -0700
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Something to consider... If all events with sonic booms generate meteorites, then there are meteorites on the ground in Louisiana/Mississippi from the big fireball there a couple of months back. Here's Jake Schaefer's page on that event again...

http://3dradar.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/southern-ms-fall-1122011-at-0250-utc/

Cheers,
Marc Fries


On Mar 29, 2011, at 5:11 PM, geozay at aol.com wrote:

>
>
>>> There are several falls where no sonic boom was noticed. Speaking of US
> falls,
> the last two that come to mind are Berthoud, CO and New Orleans, LA.
> Others
> that I can readily recall are Salem, OR and Athens, AL. Reports from the
> latter
> two specifically state there were no "explosions" or booms<<
>
> Thanks Frank...never knew there were any sizable meteorites recovered from
> falls without any sonic booms reported. I bet there were some for those
> above, but there probably weren't people in the right places to hear it.
> GeoZay
>
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