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(meteorobs) Possible fireball Penn June 15



Subj:  Re:6/15, 9:30 EST Fireball !
Date:  97-06-19 11:44:58 EDT
From:  Skywayinc       

While I did not actually see the Fireball of June 15th, I received a very
excited phone call at 10:19 p.m. that night, from the assignment desk at NEWS
12 LONG ISLAND.  It seems that a pilot  flying over Long Island said he saw a
"10-foot wide meteor" that apparently landed ". . . somewhere between exits
68 and 69 of the Long Island Expressway."  I told the person that it was
probably a bright fireball neteor. . . that a meteoroid "10-feet across"
would likely cause considerable damage if it actually landed. . . and that
"you would have received more than one phone call about it!"
                  -- Joe Rao