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Re: (meteorobs) Re: Increased activity?
In a message dated 5/3/01 5:14:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
prospector@sd.znet.com writes:
<< As for the other posts I reffered to, at least one said they
saw the "meteor" or what ever it was (plane?) go down below their
horizon. KevT jumped all over the poster for that, yet now the event in
Jordan. How do we account for events like that? I'm skeptical too, but... >>
This is the second time I got slammed for an opinion and facts I gave. Whats
going on here? Whats your problem, Dave? As a previous poster mentioned, this
is a semi-public list (one does have to join) and I thought I could give an
opinion + some facts.
Facts:
First I said the meteor's streak is usually seen from 30 to 50 miles up.
Since the observer saw the flash extend to the ground, the observer had to be
many, many miles away. (There were no reports of a plane crash nor a rocket
explosion, etc...)
Then I said the the way H.H. Nininger found meteorites (read Find A Falling
Star). He would start at one observers point and travel in the direction
where the observer saw the meteor "land." He kept going in that same
direction, listening to observers report "just over the next hill," until he
came upon an observer reporting the meteor "came down" in the opposite
direction. He would then start searching in that area. Sometimes he would
travel in excess of 400 miles to find the strewn field. Being that he's
credited with finding 2/3s of all the meteorites in the United States, he had
a good strategy.
My opinion:
The Jordanian meteorite hunters may need to travel further in their search.
Thats not jumping on anyone.
Kevin
PS - I've explanied myself and I consider this the end of my participation in
this thread.
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