Correct. Generally, the strongest indication that something fell really far away is people reporting that it fell at most a few miles away.
If something actually falls within a few miles, this is what you would experience: The meteor climbs pretty much exactly vertically after been first seen before it breaks up or fades high in the sky. The terrain will be illuminated before it fades. After 0.5 to 1.5 minutes there would likely be a loud sound followed by rumble. The rumble could start as a strange sound with rapidly falling pitch. Further away there will be just regular rumble. -Steinar Chris Peterson via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> writes: > If you saw it break up near the horizon, any meteorites produced are > 100 miles or more away from you. For meteorites to be within a few > miles of your location you would have seen it break up directly > overhead. > > Chris > > ******************************* > Chris L Peterson > Cloudbait Observatory > https://www.cloudbait.com > > On 1/19/2022 6:09 PM, Chris Friedman via Meteorite-list wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> First week of December 2021, I was hanging out in my hot tub when a >> large blue/green trailing sighing that stretched from the left to >> right across the entire horizon and then broke apart into pieces and >> fell to the ground. We spend a lot of time back there staring at the >> skies and I have a good feeling that this landed approximately >> within 2 miles from our home. I’ve never seen anything like this in >> my life. >> >> I feel like me and my family may be the only people that are aware >> of this sighting and I feel like I should share this with the >> group. There was nothing in the local news or social media about the >> sighting. If you are a serious hunter of meteorites and would like >> to reach out to me for more info, send me an email. >> >> Thanks! >> Chris >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list