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Re: (meteorobs) TWA800 and meteors
In a message dated 7/13/97 6:46:21 AM, you wrote:
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Jim Bedient:
I am very glad you have. We need all the help we can get.
I am an amateur astronomer. I did make my own 6.0 inch reflecting telescope,
I ground my own lens and made my own Foucault tester which they should have
used to test the Hubble. I have always been interested in meteors. but as
Will Rogers said: "Everyboby is ignorant, only on different subjects"
You guys know about meteors but I know about aircraft.
Regarding the Peekskill, NY car. According to Robert Maag's 1997 Field Guide
of Meteorites he states both the meteorite and the car sold for $69,000. So I
guess we were both wrong.
Regarding fuel tank exploding. Boeing never found a source of ignition on the
Philppine 737. Re bad wiring. There is no wiring to the fuel pumps inside the
747 Center Wing Tank. All the TWA retirees I talked in various fields state a
747 fuel tank could not explode unless there was an outside source of
ignition. A meteor, missile or a bomb could be that source. But a bomb and
missile have been ruled out. A meteor has only been mentioned in the past
week.
Of great importance. How are you going to discount approx. 200 witensses who
saw this streak of light near and/or hit the aircraft? Are you going to
ignore them ? I CAN'T.
Regarding the articles in all the magazines etc. I have most of them and what
I don't have other TWA retirees do. The photos in the articles were given to
magazines by the NTSB. I say again Boeing could not take photos of the
reconstucted aircraft in the hanger. See USA Today dated July 11-12, 1997.
I agree that the odds of meteorite hitting an aircraft on the ground or in
flight may be 8 billion to one. But as you say it is indeed possible. I
believe it can and did.
If you have any other ideas or comments I would be most pleased to recieve
them.
Best Regards
Lloyd Mielke
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