Re: [meteorite-list] Alabama Superbolide of Dec.5, 1999 --Coldwater,AL?

[E. L. Jones]

I recall doing some preliminary work with another list member on a 
bolide tracked by DOD which should have terminated in the vicinity of 
Coldwater(?) Alabama (East of Montgomery) about that time.  To my 
knowledge no one ever reported searching even though discussed widely on 
the list.  The track data was pretty good and the angle steep. I believe 
the initial ground plot discussed was 5-8 kilometers wide by 8-10 long 
over an undeveloped tract of land southwest of a state roadway.  This 
one may have been marked by a flash on a security camera.

This location isn't all that far from the Wetumpka Astrobleme if anyone 
wants to do a "twofer".

Incidentally New Holland PA, in 1995(?) is another promising DOD track 
which wasn't (reported to have been) followed up.

I am too many hard drive crashes later to lay my hands on exact references.

Regards,
Elton
Paul wrote:

In the latest issue of Eos (American 
Geophysical Union), there is a detailed 
article about about fireballs (bolides)
seen all across Alabama on Dec. 5, 1999.  

 



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