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Re: (meteorobs) FWD: S&T's News Bulletin for June 19, 1998 (excerpts)

Lew,

I was sitting with my girlfriend in the backyard of my home at 13th Ave and Chandler Blvd.
just north of this area on the evening of this event.

Around 9:00, the moon had already risen and was providing a fair amount of light.  
I was watching for shooting stars (meteors) with my sweetheart in a chaise lounge 
facing north toward the South mountain preserve when I was startled by a sudden illumination 
in the sky behind me. I leaped out of my chair and looked south in time to see the 
fading glow and trail of what appeared to be molten metal (4-6 orange glowing
remnants similar to sparks coming off of an arc welder).  While I don't know about the 
actual total brightness, it would seem that for a few seconds the surrounding area got 
variably much (~2x) brighter.  Needless to say, the most spectacular shooting star I've ever seen!

If someone is trying to triangulate the impact location, I may have some good info.
Feel free to forward to interested parties and let me know if you have advice on
who one might contact about this.

Thanks,
Doug
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> From: Lew Gramer <dedalus@latrade.com>

> MORE METEORITE HUNTING
> 
> Elsewhere in the Southwest, the hunt is on to find meteorites from a fireball 
> that exploded earlier in the month. David A. Kring (University of Arizona) 
> analyzed numerous eyewitness reports to identify a region around Gila Bend 
> and Casa Grande as the likely locales to find cosmic debris. The first 
> field survey on June 15th came up empty, but future outings may have better 
> luck. Kring and his colleagues estimate that the object was somewhere 
> between football and desk size before it exploded.
> 
> [snip...]
>
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