(meteorobs) awesome fireball over Russia, with videos and photos

Bruce McCurdy bmccurdy at shaw.ca
Fri Feb 15 02:38:10 EST 2013


Now this:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_RUSSIA_METEORITE?SITE=AP&SECTION=H
OME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT 

For whatever it's worth. 

I take any reports of a meteorite being "shot down" with a grain of salt and
a whole granary of incredulity. Not bloody likely. 

Bruce
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-----Original Message-----
From: meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org
[mailto:meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Wiggins
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 12:14 AM
To: Ed Cannon; Meteor science and meteor observing
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) awesome fireball over Russia, with videos and
photos

Intercepted and shot down by a Russian missile?

Does that sound realistic?

Do you suppose Bruce Willis was involved in any shoot-down?  :)

patrick


On 14 Feb 2013, at 22:55, Ed Cannon wrote:

> Didn't seem to be reported here yet.  Looks almost as bright as the 
> Sun.  Some dashboard cam videos plus other views of how much it lit up 
> the area.  Loud sonic booms, broken windows, even damage to a building 
> -- according to the story.
> 
> http://rt.com/news/meteorite-crash-urals-chelyabinsk-283/
> 
> Ed Cannon - Austin, Texas, USA
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