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Re: (meteorobs) Fireballs & sonic booms
As I recall George, the sound recorded on the Mongolia Expedition was .... well.... In Outer Mongolia!! Far, I think, from any significant man-made metalic object.
Regards,
Elton
"George W. Kelley, Jr." wrote:
>
> Jure: One of the brightest fireballs I have ever witnessed, seen on
> November 4, 1971, bright as the full moon, resulted in my reporting it to
> the late Dr. Oliver of the AMS. He received two other reports on that
> fireball and was able to compute an orbit and the object's trajectory in
> the atmosphere. He calculated that the object faded from view at an
> altitude of 55 km. No sounds were heard other than the "gasps" of the
> group with which I was observing at the time.
>
> We were observing within 100m of a 200m high radio transmission tower.
> That should qualify as a "large metal object." Perhaps the object did
> not penetrate the atmosphere deeply enough for it to emit electrophonic
> sounds.
>
> George Kelley
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