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(meteorobs) Argentina Impact?



Hi All,
Anyone on the list hear anything more about this event??
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Diario 'Los Andes' - Mendoza Province, Argentina 
>   
> Despite the fact that an extensive region from San Rafael to Malargue was
> combed by air -- reaching the border with Neuqun province--no traces were
> found
> of the meteorite which plunged to Earth in the early hours of Friday
> morning in
> southern Mendoza. 
>   
> The failed mission nonwithstanding, the head of the Instituto Coprnico,
> Jaime
> Garc,a--a renown scientist and astronomre--claims having no doubt that
> something fell from space: "If we didn't find it today, will continue
> looking
> in other areas we didn't survey," he said. 
>   
> Aboard the aircraft and with maps in hand, Garcia and Hector Correa, the
> local
> Civil Defense coordinator, instructed pilot Juan Pablo Mortarotti as to
> the
> possible trajectory of the meteorite. They went by the eyewitness accounts
> of
> those who saw the object. Since most claimed the fall occurred in the
> vicinity
> of Agua Escondida (Malargue), they flew to that region. "We covered a
> broad
> swath of 20 km plus some 200 km in a straight line east of Route 180. We
> reached Pata Mora (border with Neuqun province). Upon returning, we did so
> along the eastern slopes of the El Nevado mountain, even seeing the Agua
> del
> Toro reservoir, but could see nothing." 
>   
> However, one thing is clear: if the object fell to earth, it did so in
> Mendozan
> territory. Residents of Rincon de los Sauces (Neuquen) neither heard nor
> saw
> anything. 
>   
> They plan to fly again on Monday, employing an Air Force helicopter this
> time,
> to have greater maneuverability. They will try to reach two regions where
> accounts suggest the object may have crashed: between Sierra Pintada and
> the
> Reyunos Reservoir, or to the west of the El Nevado mountain. 
>   
> Translation (C) 2003 Scott Corrales, IHU. Special thanks to Gloria
> Coluchi.

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Regards,
Jim Gamble
El Paso, Tx Station-Sandia Meteor Detection Network
All Sky Camera System
31.47.7.822N 106.18.18.770W
jagamble@sbcglobaldot net
http://www.geocities.com/desert_lights

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