Mike Farmer should be rested up by now. He has been home a whole week! Go for it Mike.
;>) Mike Tettenborn Owen Sound, Ontario ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Baalke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 12:57 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Fall In Uganda? > > > http://www.newvision.co.ug/detail.php?subCatId=7&subCatName=National&story=3 7942 > > Meteorites sighted in the West > By Emmanuel Mulondo > The New Vision (Uganda) > April 3, 2002 > > TONGUES of fire flew across the dark skies of Kabarole, Mubende, Bundibugyo, > Kyenjojo and Kamwenge districts in western Uganda on Wednesday night. > Residents were filled with fear as eight glowing objects flew across the > skies. > > Some thought the objects that left brilliant trails of light behind them, > were missiles fired from the Democratic Republic of Congo. > Residents of Fort Portal town saw the objects flying south-eastwards, before > disappearing below the horizon within a few minutes. > Scared soldiers of the Rwenzori Alpine Brigade fired into the air hoping to > shoot them down. > > Wildlife officials in Kabarole said the glowing objects were seen falling in > the forests between Mubende, Kyenjojo and Kamwenge. > Forensic experts from Kabamba Military Barracks and meteorology officials > rushed to the scene on Thursday [March 28]. > > The UPDF spokesman, Major Shaban Bantariza, on Thursday said the army had > confirmed that the objects called meteorites, were rocks falling onto the > earth from the outer space. > > Similar objects landed on the Rwenzori mountains in 1982 and in Mbale in > 1995. Scientists say thousands of meteorites land on earth every year. > However, the majority are not recorded because they fall into seas or remote > areas. > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
