[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - March 26, 2008 / S...

[Jerry]

All of these comments are extremely interesting and to the point. It is 
something I have pondered and I appreciate everyone's chiming in to bring us 
all up to speed.
One never knows when we might experience such a great event. Knowledge is 
power.
Jerry Flaherty
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Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - March 
26,2008 / S...



> Bernd and All,

>

> One man in Park Forest that I purchased a meteorite  from was driving to 

> his

> house in Park Forest and was at the stop light at the  north central part 

> of

> Steger when he saw the fireball flash and  extinguish.

>

> He went through the light and drove home.  He parked his  car in front of 

> his

> house on the street, and was walking up his driveway when he  heard a

> whistling noise, one that sounded to him like a bullet flying by his 

> head.  Scared,

> he dove to the ground thinking he was actually being shot  at.  At that

> second, a meteorite hit his asphalt driveway a few feet away  from him. 

> He

> continued to crawl to his house door and darted  inside.

>

> The next day he heard about the meteorite fall and went out side  and 

> found

> the meteorite specimen in his front yard.

>

> When I bought  the specimen, he told me the story.  Curiosity had me go to

> that same stop  light later that night when traffic was very light, and I

> retraced his path to  his house.  It took me, as I recall, a little over 4 

> minutes

> to make the  route to his house and to walk up his driveway.  It is 

> possible he

> was  driving a bit faster than I was, or possibly a bit slower.

>

> What I remember the most was that it was the delay of the rock hitting 

> the

> ground almost made the actual fall date to be March 27 instead of being 

> the

> same day as the fireball date of March 26.  But the landing time, even 

> delayed,

> still would have made it by a few minutes before  midnight.

>

> Steve Arnold

> Arkansas

>

>

>

>

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