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Dear List Members,
It looks like some are starting to realize the
secret of the Park Forest strewnfield, it is reversed. I think this has
happened only a couple times in history. I hinted at this in a June 15th
post to the list not wanting to take the element of surprise away from a person
who is authoring a paper on this very subject.
All the best,
Adam
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 8:01
PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] DOD
Satellites Detect March 2003 Bolide Over Park Forest
Hello Folks,
This whole thing has me a bit
perplexed for several reasons. First, the stone my brother and I recovered had
a distinct angle of entry that I saw and documented, and passed on to Mr.
Sipiera. That trajectory definately indicated that the offending stone came in
from the S.E. and was heading in a N.W. direction. I determined this before
ever being subjected to other theoriesof direction of entry. I also spoke with
eyewitnesses in the days that followed and all backed up that
conclusion.
On a second trip I met with a man named Atul Kumar, He isn't a
scientist but he has been gathering info on the strewn field for the astronomy
club that he is involved with. He has compiled quite a list/map of stones that
were recovered, including weights and locations of recovery, and his map
indicates the same S.E. to N.W. direction, with the larger stones coming from
the N.W. end of the strewn field.
Of course I can't argue with the DOD
satellite observation, but it sure is contradictory to what I've been thinking
all along! The satellite indicates an entry of exactly the opposite of what
the strewn field maps look like that I have seen, and my own recoveries, 70
gram stone in Steger, 638gram stone in P.F. indicate at the very least a South
to North trajectory, (roughly).
No matter how you slice it, based on the
DOD satellite info, the larger stones should be south of the small ones, and
this is just not the case.
Is human error possible, between interpretation
of the satellite data and publication of said information?
Curious minds
want to know,
Larry
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