Callers report fireball in night sky Tuesday, October 21, 2003 By Staff report
KINGSPORT - Callers to the Kingsport Times-News and Kingsport Central Dispatch reported a "fireball" in the sky Monday evening. They weren't alone. Similar calls were reported to other organizations from as far away as Knoxville and Greenville, S.C. Gary Henson, director of East Tennessee State University's observatory in Johnson City, said no one at the facility observed the phenomenon. "I haven't heard of any space debris. ... It sounds like a meteor, which is quite common." He said even something the size of a softball can produce an intense flash across the sky and be visible from a wide distance as it "skips" through a shallow orbit. Claudia Carroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] Why Wait? Move to EarthLink. ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
