[meteorite-list] I witnessed the Kecksburg bolide

I witnessed the "Kecksburg Bolide" when I was a kid growing up in Ohio. It was the first real bolide I ever witnessed, and those that I have seen after that have looked pretty similar. It was known as the "Tri-State Meteorite" the day after the event, and was seen in actually 4 states (OH,PA,IND an

Re: [meteorite-list] I witnessed the Kecksburg bolide

I think that was still in the era of photographic espionage satellites (those that ejected film cannisters for reentry and subsequent recovery). If eyewitness accounts have any credibility at all, the description of one of the objects recovered by military personnel at the impact site (a large,