(meteorobs) 2 fireballs in 24 hours in Greece
Roberto Gorelli
md6648 at mclink.it
Thu Dec 12 05:33:46 EST 2013
On Thu, 12 Dec 2013 11:59:43 +0200
Alex Daskalakis <sw1nzx at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi good morning all
>
> I was reading the news (i am out of country at the moment) and i
>have read
> about 2 fireball reportings, one in the vicinity of Athens and
>another in
> Zakynthos in the past 24 hours. The media report (overexaggerating,
>as
> usual) about meteorite drops....
>
> There seems to be photo evidence of the initial flash, 8:30am in
>Patra:
> http://news247.gr/eidiseis/koinonia/duo_metewrites_xtuphsan_attikh_kai_zakyntho.2547920.html
> Rough translation - the object had a long train, remained in view
>for 20s
> before disappearing out of sight
>
> If anyone else has any news about this (any Greeks who have any
>other
> information or possibly Italian residents in the south), it would be
>good
> to share.
>
> Thanks and best regards,
> Alex
It's the second fireball saw from Zakynthos in the last two weeks
after that of 27 november.
Until now not witness from southern Italy.
Best greetings.
Roberto Gorelli
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