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Fwd Re: (meteorobs) S&T's News Bulletin for June 19, 1998
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Subject: Re: (meteorobs) S&T's News Bulletin for June 19, 1998
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 15:48:14 -0700 (MST)
From: "Doug Stahl CH6-316 x4-8835" <dstahl@sedona.ch.intel.com>
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.
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