Re: [meteorite-list] DOD Satellites Detect March 2003 Bolide Over Park Forest

[Michael Farmer]

Also, if the fall is SW to NE, and so far we see most small stones to the south and south east of the large stones, would this not also be affected by upper level winds? High winds can cause the smaller stones to drift, meaning that this strewnfield would thus be perfectly normal.   Yes, strewnfields can be reversed, Portales Valley was a perfect example, without exception, the largest stones all fell to the back and the small stones fell later. This is due to low exploding of the meteorite forcing the larger stones down. Mike Farmer ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 8:54 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] DOD Satellites Detect March 2003 Bolide Over Park Forest Hi Al, Yes I saw the the meteorwrongs in his collection too, it was a bit disappointing, but he did not try very hard to convince me that they were meteorites when I told him they were slag. I asked if he was including them in his data and he said no. Is that really true? I don't know. He did have some nice individuals and fragments however, and claimed his strewn field info came from real meteorites,some gathered by people whose names I recognized.Some of the  coordinates included a bunch that were sold by the local Postmaster, who supposedly got most of his stones from another man I met out there that was a local, and rather proficient at finding the stones in the opening days of the fall. Even though Atul may not be completely reliable, the fact remains that the larger stones are N.W. of the smaller ones, contradicting the Satellite info.... unless of course there is such a thing as a reverse fall!  Adam, I never heard of that, is this like the April fools joke about Venus? Please elaborate on this, I would like to know what falls have a reverse distribution of material, that seems to defy the rules! Mass and velocity, blah blah... you know, that physics stuff How can it possibly be backward? Larry