Hello Ken and list, yes it looks like the real thing. Lots of eye witness
reports of a giant fireball event at 2:40 am this morning over Chehalis
Washington. Based on the multiple reports of sonic booms it is likely that
material made it to the ground. So often we get fireballs here that are headed
East to West and they end up in the Pacific ocean. This one headed West to East.
Right now people are just getting up to go to work so now is when folks will
find the "hole in the roof" like we saw so often in Park Forest, Il. Only real
problem here is that heading East of Chehalis means that any potential
meteorites ended up in the Cascade Mountians. I'll be heading up there today
after alerting all the other NW hunters. And I'll let you know any news that I
get.
Cheers, Edwin
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Possible Meteorite Crashes In Washington
- No Immediate Reports Of Damage In Area South Of
Olympia
Jun 3, 2004 6:22 am US/Central
A possible meteorite may have crashed into Earth about 30 miles south
of Olympia, an astronomy professor said.
There were no immediate reports of damage.
Bright flashes and sharp booms were reported in the skies over the
Puget Sound area early Wednesday.
Bradley
Hammermaster, who teaches at the University of Washington, estimated
that the object was about the size of a small car. He described it as a
piece of a larger meteor.
Hammermaster told KIRO Radio shortly
after 3 a.m. that a team was being assembled to head for the area where
the object was believed to have hit near the tiny southwestern
Washington community of Chehalis.
Witnesses along a 60-mile
swath of Puget Sound said the sky lit up brightly shortly before 3 a.m.
Many also reported booming sounds as if from one or more explosions.
At Whidbey Island, Petty Officer Andrew Davis said he and other saw the
skyburst.
"It made a pretty big bang," Davis said. "We thought it could maybe be
a meteorite or something."
Officials
at the National Weather Service ruled out any possible weather-related
causes, and duty officers at the Federal Aviation Administration and
the Whidbey Island Naval Air Station told The Associated Press they
knew of no civilian or military airplane problems.
© 2004 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or
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