Something to consider... If all events with sonic booms generate meteorites, then there are meteorites on the ground in Louisiana/Mississippi from the big fireball there a couple of months back. Here's Jake Schaefer's page on that event again...
http://3dradar.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/southern-ms-fall-1122011-at-0250-utc/ Cheers, Marc Fries On Mar 29, 2011, at 5:11 PM, geo...@aol.com wrote: > > >>> There are several falls where no sonic boom was noticed. Speaking of US > falls, > the last two that come to mind are Berthoud, CO and New Orleans, LA. > Others > that I can readily recall are Salem, OR and Athens, AL. Reports from the > latter > two specifically state there were no "explosions" or booms<< > > Thanks Frank...never knew there were any sizable meteorites recovered from > falls without any sonic booms reported. I bet there were some for those > above, but there probably weren't people in the right places to hear it. > GeoZay > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
