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RE: (meteorobs) east coast sonic boom
Peter,
Wow! I bet Dr. Nininger would be on the case if he were around! If we are
all lucky someone else will try and discover the remnants (if any). But one
would think that something large enough to cause sonic booms (or detonations
in all probability) would reach the ground. If there are residents in the
area in might be worth running some ads/news pieces educating the public to
be on the look out for "strange looking rocks". I just wish that something
like this would hit my way.
Thanks for the reply Peter.
Greg
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-meteorobs@atmob.org [mailto:owner-meteorobs@atmob.org]On
Behalf Of peter scherff
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 9:56 PM
To: meteorobs@atmob.org
Subject: RE: (meteorobs) east coast sonic boom
Hi Greg,
I was at the Arunah Hill Natural Science Center in Cummington,
MA when I heard the sonic booms. At the time I didn't know what caused
them. Since there was a plane visible in the sky at the time I assumed
that it had broken the sound barrier. However when I went to work this
morning I saw that the front page of the Springfield Republican had a
story about a fireball being sighted. The quotes in the paper are the
typical "it landed in the woods over there" type (see link
http://www.masslive.com/springfield/unionnews/index.ssf?/news/pstories/a
e210sky.html). There was also similar coverage in the Berkshire Eagle.
Many people in the area that I have talked to heard or felt the
sonic booms but I can't find any one saw the fireball.
Thanks,
Peter Scherff
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