(meteorobs) 2005 Lyrid Outburst -- real or imagined

[meteorsga at bellsouth.net]

>From Matt Scott,
Meteorologist / Reporter
WTNH - TV, New Haven, CT

hi...we have not spoken to anyone specifically who viewed the meteors..other 
than an astronomer who admitted he , and his colleagues, weren't out looking 
at the abnormal outburst that night.....

the 60-70 number came from wire reports that morning....

thank you ..m.s

Matt Scott
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> From: <meteorsga at bellsouth.net>
> Date: 2005/04/27 Wed PM 12:19:14 EDT
> To: <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> Subject: (meteorobs) 2005 Lyrid Outburst -- real or imagined
> 
> Reports of Lyrid rates (Sunday night(?)) at 60 - 70 per/hour, but sources not given, at the WTNH.com website:
> 
> http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=3256304&nav=3YeXZ4C2
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> What to make of it, I couldn't guess, but it couldn't hurt to find out where such reports came from.
> I'm at work right  and don't have time to track any of this down.  Probably just hysteria.
> 
> Kim Y.
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