Re: (meteorobs) Fireball Reporting

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• Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Fireball Reporting
• From: Larry Klaes <larryk@ns.villagedot com>
• Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 10:18:31 -0400 (EDT)
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On Tue, 9 Jul 1996, Mark Davis wrote:

> It's my understanding that sounds can be determined at path heights of less
> than about 40 miles. Therefore, a fireball producing sounds would fit into
> the NASA plane parameters, but I doubt we would see/hear a fireball at 50
> miles in height. This may reduce slightly the "response time." But this is
> from someone who has never heard one!  :)

My father once observed an exploding fireball sometime in the 1950s and
he said it made a crackling sound as it came apart.

Larry

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