(meteorobs) Can a meteor still be glowing when it hits Earth?

[gmiller at gregmiller.net]

     The messare you're replying to isn't from the original poster (me).  Whatever it was I saw was below eye level (while sitting in my car) when it disappeared behind a nearby hill.  I'm willing to accept the fact that whatever it was I saw wasn't a meteor.

On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 15:34:46 -0500 "Hunter, Robert" <rhunter at midrex.com> wrote:

>?? It passed behind a hill, yet still hit your windshield ?? 
>
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>Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Can a meteor still be glowing when it hits
>Earth?
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>Hi I am brand new to this site, and joined to get an answer to what hit
>our car windscreen with an huge explosion. Your layman's guess is based
>on hearsay and not an fair answer too genuine question. This is the type
>of answer I have had from professionals with PhDs. If something hit the
>planet at 90 degree how many miles of atmosphere and split seconds
>before this hits the ground. Would this cool down? I know for sure it
>does not as the impact left enough evidence to prove it was playable
>while some particles must have been solid. What hit us (iron) was very
>small the damage to the windscreen is only 3mm wide and 9 mm long.