(meteorobs) Madrid Meteor

[Jim Pettit]

Here's the pertinent text of the page submitted by Roberto
(http://www.ansa.it/main/notizie/fdg/200501290945184845/200501290945184845.h
tml) loosely translated into English (with apologies to Italians everywhere;
I'm a little rusty, as anyone who knows can see):

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MADRID - In a fireball seen by many people, a meteorite weighing
approximately 30 kilograms landed in the outskirts of Madrid, and the owner
refuses to deliver it to the authorities.

"What falls from the sky belongs only to God," said the man, Jose Cuadrato,
showing the object, which is approximately 35 x 15 centimeters, and of a
rectangular shape with the ends rounded off, possibly from the friction of
falling through the atmosphere. 

The fiery falling object much-seen yesterday evening was collected by
Cuadrato in a field close to his home "...while it was still warm and
smoking," the man (Cuadrato) said, emphasizing that if the government wants
it, they'll have to pay for it; otherwise, he'll turn it over to the US
embassy. (?)

According to the experts, who have still not been able to examine it, the
object may be a meteorite or a piece of a satellite or space probe, but they
also haven't excluded the possibility that [what Cuadrato has shown them]
may be just a scrap of garbage.
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--Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org
[mailto:meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org] On Behalf Of Roberto G.
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 12:44 PM
To: Global Meteor Observing Forum
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Madrid Meteor

From: "David Entwistle" <david.entwistle at dial.pipex.com>
To: <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 7:27 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) Madrid Meteor


> There are numerous news reports of a large meteor and possible meteorite
> fall close to Madrid airport on Thursday evening. I haven't found any
> pictures, as yet.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/5q8uw
>
> and in Spanish.
>
> http://www.infobae.com/notas/nota.php?Idx=164412&IdxSeccion=100556
> http://www.diariohoy.net/v5/verNoticia.phtml/html/155308/
> --
> David Entwistle

Here you can see a photo
(the text it's in Italian)
Roberto Gorelli

http://www.ansa.it/main/notizie/fdg/200501290945184845/200501290945184845.ht
ml


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