Don wrote: "It was Sept. not Nov. and I believe it must have been the one reported in the Sheboygan Press on Sept. 19, 1966 I remember hearing later that it was seen across several states. Don"
http://www.meteoritearticles.com/znp09191966.html
Hello List and Don,
The Sheboygan Press report is the only one I have archived related to this event. But the article does give us a few details.
".....Wayne Glassburn, 40, a farmer, said the meteor "lit up the sky with a ball of fire as large as a barn. It trailed to the ground with a jagged edges and looked like a dragon spitting fire." The light lasted about five seconds, he said. There were no fires after the red glow disappeared. He reported hearing no sound."
This tells me the meteor went WAY over Glassbum's farm. It sounds like the meteor was at a pretty low angle and could have burned up, and Glassburn's dragon sounds like a smoke trail. I will note that no meteorite was recovered from a fall at this time and it reminds me of that large meteor that grazed the earth a few years back. Since "it disintegrated in a brilliant rain of fragments on Indiana, Michigan and southern Ontario, Canada."
The Sheboygan Press article quotes the associated press and I could not find any other AP articles around that time. The best source of more information would be local newspapers. If you still live in the area of your sighting you should check for local newspapers, likely on microfilm now. Further research might include getting a US map and drawling a line from the place you were to Marion, Indiana. Adjust your line to fit in southern Ontario. You can do this in your head. Any old towns close to your line should have a library and maybe the newspapers reports in its archives. The date of my paper is Sept. 19 and reports should be right around it
Mark Bostick
Wichita, Kansas
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