(meteorobs) daylight fireball, NW Indiana

[Marco Langbroek]

>> That object picked up in those peoples yard sure
>>looked like a fresh meteorite to me...even had a nice
>> fusion crust.
>> george zay

That presumably is the Berthoud meteorite fall in Colorado of last week you are
talking of, and that is a true meteorite indeed (an achondrite according to the
first reports and the pictures). It is unrelated to the phenomenon under
discussion, which was a sighting from Fort Wayne, Indiana.

- Marco

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Marco Langbroek
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Leiden, the Netherlands
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