Great thread Ann and Jeff. Three answers for me. 1.) The closest to where I grew up (Manila, Arkansas) would be the awesome fall of Paragould, at a mere 23 miles. ( A little before my time, but my dad was 3 years old then.)
2.) The closest to where I live now (Little Rock, Arkansas) would be the find, Slovak, at 44 miles. I had the great honor of meeting the finder, Frank Halijan. He found the 8.22 Kg stone in 1960 or 1961 lying in a fence row, where he suspects his grandfather had thrown it out of the field years earlier. Frank was kind enough to allow me to trade him for a small partial slice of his find. 3.) The one to fall closest to me personally I guess would be the fairly recent New Orleans, LA., at 351 miles. Not nearly close enough! Like all of us, I'm waiting for that " about one foot away from me " fall! ;-) OK, now how about another question? Would anyone want to describe the most spectacular fireball they ever personally witnessed? I have seen two that were both brighter than the full moon, lighting up the night sky almost as bright as daylight. One of them attracted my attention as I was returning from driving a babysitter home one night, when I first thought I was seeing flashes of lightning. As I leaned forward for a better view of the sky, I was treated to this beautiful, intensely bright fireball. And as an aside, I also saw the re-entry of part of a Soviet rocket in Jan. 1988 (?) that seemed to have lasted near half a minute, and was a fantastic sight. Sincerely, Robert Woolard _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list