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The
Arietids
meteor shower
lasts from May 29 - June 19,
peaks on June
7 th, 2004 / 0410UT±12hrs
ZHR : 60 meteors/hour, velocity 37km/sec,
small particles,
timing & ZHR based on statistical analysis of past maxima
SEE:
http://www.meteorscatter.net/
http://www.meteorscatter.net/metshw.htm
http://www.kolumbus.fi/oh5iy/
Dr Gartrell (Aussie Bloke) Steps Forward To Confirm His Predictions, Testified To Australian Parliament
THE ENTIRE PLANET MAY BE IN DEEP TROUBLE: a Government
Coverup is Exposed
by Will Anderson "Blueotter", www.prophecykeepers.com
All Worldwide Rights Reserved
June 3, 2004 Cabool, MO
A senior Australian Physicist/Astronomer began revealing --
first anonymously and now publicly -- that his government Physics/Astronomy team had discovered -- some 20 years ago
-- that a HUGE Outer Space debris cloud/field is headed toward us and will arrive on June 8/9, 2004 -- along with 3
heavy objects that they have believed for 10 years will most certainly strike the earth causing massive upheavals...
*unless* they miss us by a VERY close margin. Dr Gartrell said only time will tell.
Many N.E.O. or "Near Earth Objects" have been discovered
lately -- but announced in the media only AFTER they passed our planet within 250,000 miles or so!
Dr. Gartrell´s testimony has been both broad and deep. It is
all on our website at www.prophecykeepers.com as he has requested publicly that it be broadcasted far and wide.
Dr. Gartrell now feels he is telling us all of this
information at the risk of his own life, because he was muzzled many years ago by his government -- and has been
threatened -- but he is at peace with God and resigned to what he feels is our fate now that he has visited his family
between 5/15 and 5/29/2004.
He has now been further identified by www.Prophecykeepers.com Radio as "Dr. Grant Gartrell" of
Mount Compass, South Australia -- facts which can be easily verified by anyone with a search engine.
Dr. Gartrell is either a bonafide physicist, or he lied to
the South Australian Parliament. It is as simple as that. He has in the past publicly testified in front of the South
Australian Parliament and has given his name and address... and has published scientific papers along with other
scientists on the subject of possibly threatening outer space objects. He was testifying concerning caves, as he is
an amateur cave explorer who has made important discoveries of Pliestocene era dinosaur bones... and that information is
also on the Internet for all to see.
He began revealing his disturbing facts anonymously on
4/29/04, and as promised on 5/15/04 that he would reveal his identity within two weeks -- to give him time for him to
visit family -- and on 5/29/04 he revealed his surname as "Dr. Gartrell."
Prophecykeepers.com Radio did some simple research and
discovered his actual full name, address, and phone number... and that he does operate a "pick-your-own"
Blueberry farm nowadays where he also manufactures wine. He originally claimed his full history was freely available if
anyone dug deep enough... and we apparently did... and it
was available -- just as he claimed.
IF you *fully* read Dr. Grant´s Gartrell´s LONG
testimony suddenly it SHOULD dawn on you, as it did on Prophecykeepers.com, that SOMETHING HUGE OF EARTH SHATTERING
PROPORTIONS IS HAPPENENING AND THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE WORLD
OBVIOUSLY KNOW ABOUT IT!
You should begin to understand:
Why huge meteorites are now being seen worldwide and have
been reported by so many truckers in the skies in the last few weeks... and buzzed a town in New Jersey rattling windows.
Why the navies of the world are all out to sea as of this
month... and why military bases are humming with activity and closed bases are being reopened and refurbished...
Why the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank has put an unprecedented
amount of money into liquidity (cash in circulation in the banks)... more than at any time in the past... enough to
devalue the dollar by a whopping 20% !!!
Why the sun is appears to be getting "whiter..."
The REAL reason why the climate is changing...
Similarities to the Mayan "Black Road" prophecy...
How what Dr. Gartrell is saying is consistent with both
Native/Tribal and European Prophecies...
How the "debris cloud" is scheduled to arrive just as the
the Venus transit is visible in the Northern Hemisphere on June 7/8... an event which has ALWAYS caused much concern
for Cherokees and Mayans who have long respected the transit and its implications... implications of irreversible
changes, wars, destruction, etc.
...and why Prophecykeepers.com is going out on a limb and
believes Dr. Gartrell is telling the truth...
...and you will learn what Prophecykeepers.com feels perhaps
what you ought do to about all of this right now... and it is the same story we have been telling online since 1996.
Facts reported:
A lone ham radio operator digitally recorded an intercept of
a U.S. military SSB (Single Side Band) radio transmission (before the transmission was suddenly shutdown because they
mistakenly broadcast "in the clear" or non-encrypted) on 26 January of this year referring to a mysterious "countdown"
to an unnamed event which (by the countdown) will occur around June 19 or 20 of this year.
In the past few weeks, however, naval units worldwide have been putting to sea in unusual numbers, sufficient to cause
us to revisit the original message to assess movements and adopt a watch mode going forward into the June 19-20 date
area. You will be able to listen to this radio transmission.
An ex-Green Beret reports:
Lots of the "air traffic is flying into, but not back out
of, Holloman AFB and Whitesands Missile Range at night. Also, the Patriot missile battery crews at Ft. Bliss, TX are
jumpy as all hell, are on constant standby, and are NOT preparing to deploy to Iraq. Go figure."
Now there is always the possibility that "Dr. Gartrell" is
just making wine in near Adelaide, and someone has hijacked his name... and that this is all a hoax, or this may be
disinformation and a "feint" to get us to look "here" when we should be looking "there." The point is, that BIG things
are definitely going on with the military on a world wide
scale, the financial world is humming, peolpe are scared... and something is up! Just what is the big question on many
people´s minds and lips.
http://www.prophecykeepers.com/3p.html
3 LARGE OBJECTS AND AN OUTER SPACE DEBRIS CLOUD MAY BE
HEADED OUR WAY BY LATE JUNE EARLY JULY 2004: How it is in harmony with Native Prophecy ....
http://www.prophecykeepers.com/3p.html
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Sylvester H. Christie, Sole Proprietor
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Meteor light, sound rare over Puget Sound
By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP
The Associated Press
6/4/2004, 9:35 a.m. ET
SEATTLE (AP) — A meteor that streaked across Western Washington was the
most dramatic celestial light and sound show over Puget Sound in decades, a
University of Washington meteorite specialist says.
quot;Earth is hit all of the time. What is uncommon is how very bright this
was. Most (meteoroids) burn up very high up and nobody sees them," said
Toby Smith, an astronomy lecturer at the university for about 10 years.
A meteoroid is the term for the object when it is above the atmosphere. The
light streak it creates when it bounces off or passes through the atmosphere is
called a meteor. If it hits the ground, it becomes a meteorite.
Witnesses along a 60-mile swath of the sound from near Tacoma to Whidbey
Island and as far as 260 miles to the east said the sky lit up brilliantly at
2:40 a.m. Thursday, and many reported booming sounds as if from one or more
explosions.
The bright light can be attributed to the speed at which the object hit the
atmosphere. The sonic boom that followed about a minute or two later can be
explained by the size of the object falling out of the sky, Smith said, adding
that it's rare for meteors to be heard.
"This tells us it was a relatively substantial piece," he said.
Earthquake technology indicated the meteor exploded about 27 miles above and
6.4 miles northeast of Snohomish, William P. Steele, coordinator of the Pacific
Northwest Seismograph Network at the university, told The Seattle Times and
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
The blast was intense enough to register on about 80 quake detectors,
allowing university seismologist Stephen D. Malone use triangulation to
determine the point of origin.
"What was interesting to us is we saw only a point source (a single
explosion) there," rather than a sonic-boom kind of sound wave from an
object rapidly entering the atmosphere, Malone told the P-I.
One of Smith's colleagues, professor Don Brownlee, said his son saw the
bright light and then the whole family heard the sonic boom from inside their
houseboat, "this incredible noise that sounded like a truck landing on the
dock."
Geoff Chester, spokesman for the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C.,
said meteors are not all that rare, but many fall over the ocean and are never
seen.
"For the average person, it could be a once- or twice-in-a-lifetime kind
of event," Chester said, adding that in the past 40 years of actively
watching the night sky because of his job and interests, he has only seen three
or four meteors.
Brownlee said he believes it likely the object did make it to the ground
without disintegrating but it could be as hard to find as a shower of gravel
over several square miles.
It could also be as big as a car, but Brownlee noted, "The bigger these
things are the rarer they are."
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On the Net:
NASA: http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html
University of Washington: http://www.astro.washington.edu/
UFO Reporting Center: http://www.nuforc.org/
Copyright 2004 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved.
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(NEWS)They´re after what´s rocking our
world--SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
Tuesday, July 6, 2004
They´re after what´s rocking our world
Brothers hunt world for meteorites -- and now they´re here
By M.L. LYKE
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
TACOMA -- In search of space booty, the Hupe brothers have bartered with
Bedouins, scoured the Sahara, jet-trotted halfway across America on a moment´s
notice, bankrolls in hand.
But the Hupes´ latest meteorite hunt zooms in right here at home.
Scott Eklund / P-I
Meteorite hunters and brothers, Adam, left, and Greg Hupe, hold up two
meteorites from their vast collection.
The two brothers want a piece of the action from the stunning June 3 meteor
show, a booming flash-dance over Snohomish that turned night to day.
They aren´t alone. Three teams from three states are working the fall, trying
to trace the trajectory of the meteor, and the site where it may, possibly, have
deposited a bit of exotic and -- if discovered -- pricey debris from outer
space.
"The meteor fell on my birthday, and it´s in my own back yard. It´s
ridiculous!" says Adam Hupe, 42. He´s 11 months older than Greg and
equally excitable when talking falling space rocks.
The brothers, overgrown Hardy Boys who sold a multimillion-dollar computer
company to focus on their hobby, have amassed one of the world´s largest
private collections of meteorites in a few short years.
"They´re relatively new to the scene, but they´ve rather quickly
become major players," says Robert Matson, a respected space scientist
working out of Seal Beach, Calif.
Most of the Hupes´ specimens come from North African desert lands, and some are
worth thousands more than their weight in gold. But the brothers have no
Washington space specimens.
No surprise. An estimated 13,000 meteors fall to our planet each year. Yet only
five scientifically recognized meteorites have ever been found in our state.
"Believe me," says Adam, "once the first confirmed piece shows up
here, I´m all over it -- we both are."
The Hupes, who´ll be featured in an upcoming Outside magazine profile, are
local go-to guys for hopeful earthlings bearing strange black rocks. And they
have already fielded some duds from our June fireworks show.
Callers reported weird piles of rocks that suddenly appeared in Shoreline after
the June 3 streaker. They turned out to be road gravel. A big black chunk found
near Sea-Tac was asphalt -- more terrestrial ho-hum.
"You have to tell these people gingerly, let them down slowly," says
Greg.
"They get so excited," says Adam.
Alien rocks fetch big bucks
The Hupes (pronounced "Who-pays") grew up as the only boys among six
children. They were buddies from the get-go.
"Were we close? Yeah!" says Adam.
"Oh, yeah," says Greg, head nodding.
They began treasure hunting in earnest at ages 11 and 12, when their father,
an Army general, gave them their first metal detector, used to dig up
centuries-old treasures in old buildings. The two call meteorite hunting
"the ultimate treasure hunt."
Greg and Adam were in their 20s when they launched a computer hardware business
in their mother´s basement and garage. By the time they retired at 37 and 38,
they had turned it into the multimillion-dollar-a-year enterprise called
Computer Performance.
The Hupes had all the boy toys -- homes, sleek cars, RVs, boats -- and no time
to use them. Weary of long hours and constant pressure, they cashed out just
before the stock market collapsed, dumped the "stuff" and turned their
attention to the hunt.
Currently, Adam lives in a tiny, bare-bones apartment near Point Defiance Park
in Tacoma. Greg is headed out to Florida in a U-Haul truck he bought at a
bargain rate, with plans to hunt treasure from sunken galleons and search
fossils. They´re both single, and if heaven falls, travel-ready in an instant.
Insiders say the Hupes have brought a new business sensibility to the collection
of meteorites. They invest serious money in their North African expeditions,
hire dealers who speak Berber dialects to recruit nomad hunters, and offer
sizable rewards for discoveries.
When not overseas themselves, they communicate with dealers via e-mail and cell
phone, which is how they learned about the discovery of half a Martian rock.
They called their dealer, told him to send out nomads to find the other part.
When their man had Part Two in hand, Greg hopped a 30-hour flight, met him at
the airport, and tried to subdue his eagerness as he fit the pieces together.
The two had a code phrase -- "The eagle has landed" -- to confirm the
fit.
When Greg uttered it, Adam began to whoop and holler.
"And I had to remain calm and composed!" says Greg. "If they
know you´re excited, you won´t get it."
Meteors from asteroids are relatively common. But the brothers´ chunk of the
Red Planet is one of only 31 confirmed martians on record. There are also 31
confirmed finds from the moon.
The Hupes have prized pieces from both, including the coveted "Desert
Lady," so-called because the large lunar rock passed through so many hands
before they acquired it.
A single thin slice of that white-and-gray moon meteorite listed on the Bonhams
and Butterfields auction site at $45,000 to $65,000. It sold for even more.
"Once you pull something like that, you´re addicted," says Adam.
"It´s life-changing," says Greg.
Collectors elbow out scientists
Meteorites have always excited the human imagination. Each is a story, an
ancient telling of planetary origins that stirs big-think philosophizing.
"You´re holding something billions of years old in your hand. You´re
holding the oldest material in the solar system -- the beginning of time as we
know it," says Greg.
The thrill of the find hasn´t changed, but the market surrounding it has
transformed dramatically.
A half-century ago, the leading collector in the country drove around Arizona
in a beat-up pickup, with a giant magnet strapped underneath.
Today, private dealers trade hundreds of specimens on eBay and billions-year-old
space rocks pull million-dollar prices in heady collecting circles. The lure of
loot has set off a modern-day gold rush, with Indiana Jones adventurers scouting
far corners of the Earth, aggressive dealers cutting secret deals for specimens,
and collectors paying stratospheric prices for crumbs of planetary crusts.
The Hupes -- who say they only occasionally sell meteorites, and only to support
their habit -- are in the thick of the collecting fray, ready to act in an eye
blink.
Last year, Adam had a flight booked to Illinois 10 minutes after learning a
meteorite had crashed through the roof of a police and fire station outside
Chicago. He set up shop in front of the station, working out of a rental car
trunk, cash in hand. In a TV interview, he told viewers with fresh finds to
"bring ´em on in" -- he´d be the one in front of the station in the
yellow jacket.
Some 30 other dealers and collectors from around the globe were right behind
him. "Competitors saw it on the news. The next day, they all showed up in
yellow jackets," says Adams. Prices quickly escalated from $1 to $2 a gram
to $20.
Scientists have conflicting opinions about the current "Wild West"
scene surrounding meteorites.
It´s true, they say, that more hunters, more dealers, more collectors, mean
more uncovered meteoritic material. But it´s also true that prime specimens are
not always available for scientific study, that many lack adequate field
documentation, and most are priced beyond reach of cash-strapped academics.
"Unfortunately, because of all the collectors, the cost has gone really
high. That´s a problem for researchers and museums trying to compete,"
says Don Brownlee, noted astronomy professor at the UW.
Reputable collectors like the Hupes rely on scientists to verify their samples.
In turn, they make a point of donating pieces of rare finds to them. "When
a researcher asks us to buy material, we won´t charge them, because they are
enhancing the value of our collection by studying it," says Adam.
"If they want it for personal reasons, we´ll do a trade."
Not everyone takes the high ground. So-called "cowboy" hunters often
flaunt collecting laws. "There are some shady people out there. They may
say things fell on their property, when it fell on public property ... or they
may take things out of countries that have restrictions on collecting,"
says John Schutt, a geologist and professional mountaineering guide in
Bellingham who, for years, has been recovering meteorites in Antarctica for
scientific study.
Spotting meteorites on wind-swept, bare blue ice is relatively easy. The
Antarctic teams drive back and forth in snowmobiles and look for dark objects.
"They´re just everywhere," says Schutt. "We´ve found upward of
3,000 to 4,000 in relatively restricted areas."
Spotting meteorites around the Puget Sound area is another matter.
Meteorites hide themselves well in a wet green landscape dense with trees and
scrub and littered with dark rocks. And they can quickly turn to rust in the
rain -- in a geological time frame.
"Western Washington is the worst place to find one," says Tony Irving,
lecturer in earth and space sciences at the UW. "Unless this one hit
something or came through a roof, it´s going to be tough."
Tough, but tantalizing. "Anytime you have a sonic boom like that, the
chance of having surviving meteorites is pretty high," says UW astronomer
Brownlee, who estimates the June 3 meteor was "bigger than a cow."
The UW represents one of three teams currently tracking the June 3 fall.
Scientists there have used seismographs to place the meteor explosion about six
miles northeast of Snohomish.
A Portland team is interviewing witnesses and triangulating their accounts of
the event, attempting to pinpoint the site.
A team from California is using camera images and interviews to track the
trajectory. "It´s a little like forensics," says Matson, a principal
investigator on the team. "You have to figure out what´s real, what´s
right, what´s wrong."
His team has already sent meteorite hunters to an undisclosed site east of
Snohomish.
After a week, they came back empty-handed, reporting difficulties with thick
vegetation and scanty road access.
The Hupes are eagerly monitoring all three teams´ work.
"What we´re doing is riding all the teams," says Adam. "We told
them, whoever finds the first legitimate piece, we´re part of that team."
Behind them, expect an alien horde of hunters, dealers and collectors to
descend, hot on their trail.
ALIEN ROCKS
Unlike ordinary terrestrial rocks, meteorites typically have a dark fusion
crust, from their burning plunge into the Earth´s atmosphere. Many also have
elemental iron, not native to our planet, which quickly rusts in the
uncongenially moist climate of the Northwest. About 90 percent of meteorites are
attracted to magnets.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/180904_meteor06.html
I HEREBY CHALLENGE THE ELDERS
Posted By: Darrel Whitewolf
Date: Monday, 24 May 2004, 8:16 a.m.
I, Darrel Whitewolf, elder of Cherokee decent, with this
powerful message, hereby challenge the elders of all native nations. I
hereby petition for the immediate release of sacred information to all
humanity concerned for the immediate future of their families and loved ones.
At the risk of having many arrows shot in my direction, I
send this message.
I am an old warrior who is no stranger to battles.
It has been brought to my attention that the elders at this
time are preparing the last ceremonies. The Hopi who have no word in their
vocabulary for the future and are preparing to go underground. The Ojibwa and
the Lakota are saying that we are at the end. They say and I quote "Go back
and tell the people it is no longer the eleventh hour". It is said
that the blue star (katchina) has arrived and the "Purifier" (a large
celestial body) follows. It's time for the "CLEANSING" THE
"THIRD SHAKING".
It is time to tell the people about the arrival of the
watchers from the skies who don't look like us and the ones underground as well.
I have heard that White Buffalo Calf Woman has returned. I
have been told to teach the stories of creation and how we must become together
as one. This is not enough.
Chief Lookinghorse has delivered his messages at sacred sites
all over the world but it is still unclear to non Indian people just what is
happening now, this very year, maybe even this very next month.
It is perfectly clear to me but who will believe one person?
It is not enough to quote verses from the bible. It is not
enough to tell the old stories. It is not enough to talk about the animals and
what it means when a certain one shows up in your life.
I think I can safely say that I speak for all readers here
when I challenge you for the plain and simple truth about what is about to
happen. No more Bible verses from the unbalanced cross
brought by the ones who stole our land, raped our women and killed our children.
The ones manipulated by the watchers.
No more old stories. No more codes.
People do not want to hear this nonsense any longer because
time is too short. I know that you know. I also know that there is still
prejudice in the hearts of some of you and you do not want non-Indian people to
know these things.
It is time and the time is now for you to speak clearly and
decisively in releasing the information needed for people of all nations to
prepare themselves practically, safely, physically and
spiritually.
There is talk that the Pope is giving his final blessings. He
speaks of the fact that "Wormwood" (Planet X) has arrived. There is
talk that supposed astronomers are watching something large speeding toward
Earth. There is clear and unmistakable evidence that the skies day and night
have suddenly changed dramatically. The moon has changed its orbit and appears
in the west sky now when it rises. The stars are turning around in the sky at
night and moving slower. The Earth Mother staggers like a drunk.
With great respect to the Creator, I bow to him in a humble
way and ask for guidance in these matters not for me but for my brothers and
sisters, my friends and families.
With great respect for the elders I ask you to put this
knowledge forth and back up your words which say Mitakoye Oyasin. We are
all your brothers and sisters. Will you leave us behind, only knowing half
truths?
Grandfather forgive me if I have offended as this message
comes from my heart and the Spirit of Crazy Horse inside me speaking.
Grandfather forgive those who still hold contempt for the white man, the black
man, the red and the yellow.
We send our prayers to you with the smoke from the sacred
pipe on the wings of our brother Awahili, the Eagle.
I ask that you keep all of us here in your presence now and
for ever.
Let the truths become clear to all.
Wado, Wakan Tanka, Aho
That is all I have to say.
Darrel Whitewolf
Date: Saturday, May 29, 2004 2:13 AM
Subject: Re: interesting!
Vince and Debbie
I am answering the call of my brother warrier Darrel Whitewolf...I ask you or
Magi to get the following message back to him as I don't know the site where he
is waiting, to post this message along side of his message...I stand beside him
and await the arrows if they come...In so doing I say this as I always say when
I speak..."These are my words...I give them to you...If you like them, then
keep them....If not, then throw them away, they were meant for someone else,
they are not for you"...That choice is yours...I bear you no ill will...
My brother warrior Darrel, I too am an elder, a shaman, and this is what I
say...I have watched the moon and stars, the plants and animals, our mother the
earth do strange things these past eleven years...Before and during these
happenings I cryed out warnings to those who would hear, but my words went in
one ear and fell out the other...I had been instructed by my guardians to pass
on this message...
The time before us, fast approaching is Ancient Time...It has been foretold
in the story from our prophets in many messages...It was said that the time is
near when the trees start to die from the top down...I have seen this with my
own eyes for the past five years, many, many trees dieing from the top
down...This event would be the prelude to this last prophecy, "When the
north touches the west, fire will fall from the sky, and the sky will turn
black...Following this there will be two hundred years of peace and following
that even a greater peace"...
What this means is the earth will once again fall over on her side as she has
done three times before...Let me tell you and the others who will listen how
this will happen...
When the north touches the west
There is a planet coming near to us in it's orbit around our sun which happens
every 3, 657 years...This planet is 4 times the size, 23 times the mass of our
mother the earth and it is known as Planet X...It will pass by the earth at
about 14 million miles away...When it goes by, it will grab our mother in a huge
magnetic fist and pull the earth over on its side...The very center of the earth
will relocate its energy that holds us in orbit around the sun, coming first to
a complete standstill for seven days...When this energy stops, the earths crust
will continue for the one quarter turn (the north touching the west) before it
too stops ...The first land to stop will have all the other lands slam into it,
causing the great mother to shake with a force that mankind has not witnessed
for a long time...This will bring great destruction to all that man has
built...All mans building will fall to the ground, all his factories, his tall
buildings, his refineries, his great fuel storage tanks, his dams, his power
lines and power generating stations, all will fall...This will happen with major
earthquakes of the like not known, volcanoes erupting and fierce winds...Our
mother will unleash this fury with a vengence for the way we have desecrated
her...The sun, the moon and the stars will stand still in the sky when the earth
stops for these seven days...
Fire will fall from the sky
There is dust that follows this Planet X, stretching out for millions of
miles in its wake, whiping about like a great tail...This dust is iron oxidized
dust...This dust tail will whip the earth entering into our atmosphere, ignite
into flame upon entry and fall to earth in great sheets of fire...This fire will
join the other fires burning from that which had fallen of what man built...This
great fire will purify the earth for its new regrowth...
And the sky will turn black
The fires will be so plentiful that the smoke of these fires will fill the air,
surrounding the planet in a cloud of smoke...This cloud will cut of the rays of
the sun, turning daylight into twilite...This cloud will also be a blanket to
keep the survivors of the great shaking from freezing...The cloud will remain
for twenty-five years before the sun shines through again, to smile upon the new
earth...Most Elders today speak of hard times coming...This is that hard time...
Following this there will be two-hundred years of peace
The survivors that make it through the rebirth of the earth into the fourth
dimension will no longer want the negative things of life, the crime, rape,
lies, war, abuse, any evil thing...These survivors will teach the children only
the positive, the love which comes from the four guiding principals of
"Share, Care, Respect and Teach" that our grandfathers and
grandmothers before us lived by...These first teachers will still carry a memory
though of the negative things they witnessed...
And following that will be even a greater peace
The children who grow to be the new teachers will not even have the memory of
the negative aspects that we suffer through life today as we know it...They will
only teach pure peace, bringing back the four guiding principals, once again in
the true meaning of these principals...
End of prophecy...
It is with sadness that I inform those who listen, that there will only be
.02 percent of the global population that will survive this catastrophic
event...That is roughly about 137 million people worldwide...
The good news is that these people are awakening today, finding each other,
coming together in groups here and there...These ones will enter the fourth
dimension, advance to a higher understanding and be gifted with amazing
abilities... These people will be able to communicate with the mind, talk with
each other through the mind without speaking...These people will be able to
teleport, simply thinking where they will want to be and then they are
there...There will be no viruses in this new dimension...There will be no
mosquitos in this new dimension...There will also be no money or use for
money...This is the root of evil...Instead the people will share their abilities
with each other...What one shares will be returned in sharing...All men and
women will stand as equals, with no one person greater than another...
Now I will tell you that I have seen this great planet with my own eyes...It is
between us and the sun...It can only be seen looking through a special
glass...This glass is a #10 welders glass, the one that fits into the shield
that a welder uses...This glass can be bought separate from the welders
shield...Holding it straight in front of you looking at the sun, you will see a
sun with a fuzzy glare around it...You cannot see the planet holding the glass
like this...It must be held on a tilted angle to your eyes until the fuzzy glare
disappears...Then you can see the planet against the sun...It is at the moment
about the size of a heavy pencil dot...It moves position around the sun on
different days...It is fast approaching the position where the planet will pass
by the earth...
The signs I have seen leading up to this is the constellations of stars being
out of place as the earth wobbles now in front of the Planet X that is
approaching...I have seen the moon not make the trip through the sky where it
has gone so many times before, taking a new path through the sky... I have
watched all the plants grow, changing their pattern of growth, coming in seasons
that are not when these plants should grow...I have seen the young birds fall
from the sky when the snows came too soon and froze these little ones...I have
heard the crys of sorrow fron their parents when their young ones perished...I
have seen the young trees in the forest snap their trunks under the weight of
frost, snow and fall to the forest floor to be the materials which will burn in
the great fire...I have seen the animals drop in numbers, live only in colonies
instead of spread throughout the forest...I have listened to the news of animals
dieing from strange sicknesses...I have seen the results of man when he strives
to get more money, the pollutants he places upon the earth in this quest...
These warning are also known to be in the scriptures of the bible, written there
long ago to tell us of the event that happened long ago and to warn us of this
one that is fast approaching, coming in the very near future...No one of us
knows the exact date but it is soon, perhaps within the next couple of months
I could say so much more, but the last I will tell you in this warning is that
when the earth begins to turn once again, that the sun will rise in the west and
set in the east, opposite from that which we know it to be now...
Brother Darrel, walk in peace for the creator is standing with us...Long ago he
gave life to all things with the instructions to "Go forth and learn, I
give you a free will" As all things travel in the great circle, it is time
to return to the creator and tell to him that which we have learned...It is
unfortunate that so many chose to follow the free will and have not learned that
which they were supposed too...
My name is Awgawk (Porcupine) and I have spoken my truth...
I am otherwise also known as Don Trudeau and my email is dtrudeau@northwestel.net
I strengthen the challenge to all the other Elders to speak out their truth
also...We will stand united as one...
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http://www.bushcountry.org/news/jun_news_pages/g_060104_withheld_june_2004.htm
Several weeks ago, I sent you the article entitled "Is The End Of The
World As We Know It Right Around The Corner?" and informed you that I would
let you know when this guy named Aussie Bloke makes his last post. Well, it
finally happened.
After 2 Weeks of visiting his family/saying goodbye, Aussie Bloke came
back and true to his word, posted on the 29th of May who he is. His comments are
noted below:
Aussie Bloke
5/29/2004
5:19 am EDT Re: Aussie Bloke Vol.#3
Ok...here it is. I AM DR GARTREL. Happy now? As for what I know....I've
already told you. You want bloody details....you have them already. You want to
know what will happen?...read the above posts. You don't believe me?...YOUR
problem! YOU have brains...USE THEM....as I've encouraged you all to do all
along!!! READ THE BLOODY SIGNS>>>>>>>but no...some remain
flaming BLIND!!!! because they WANT TO. Wont change a thing. I am screwed
now...cats out of the bag now...I am who I am....and who gives a ____. IM BLOODY
ANGRY!!!!! DO you people have ANY BLOODY IDEA at ALL what it has been like for
myself and others who have known about this for BLOODY TWO DECADES!!!!!!!! But
no...WELL BUGGER IT ALL!!!!!! For those who have patiently waited for me I am
truly sorry for not doing the expected. I told you all weeks ago exactly where
and when...you have the details already. The reason? THINK about it!!! IF I had
told you all back then that the information WAS in fact THE information you all
wanted....the site would have shut down. I had to do it this way...the
information has been out for over two weeks now...and the ptb can now do bugger
all about it. I have been around them long enough to know how they think and
what they would do...now they can do nothing. The times locations and eta of the
cloud and objects has already been posted. NOW all you have to do is hope to
hell that someone out there copied it. NOW...GET THE WORD OUT!!!! THIS IS LEGIT.
FAREWELL TO ALL. SEE YOU IN ETERNITY.
Someone did some research on Aussie Bloke and found out that he is indeed
who he say's he is, which makes the entire thread that I had sent you several
weeks ago even more disturbing. Here is the info that has been pulled about him:
http://www.imo.net/bib/metshw0.html
Bibliographic Meteor Database - Meteor Showers
GARTRELL G., ELFORD W.G. (1975):
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE METEOR STREAM DETERMINATION
Austral. J. Phys. 28, 591-620
http://www.darksky.org/infoshts/is044.html
Olsson-Steel, D.I. & Elford, W.G., The Use of Radars in the Detection of In
falling Space Debris International Dark-Sky Association -- Information Sheet 44
Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, Vol. 17 08/98
http://www.terrapub.co.jp/journals/EPS/abstract/5107_08/51070691.html
Meteor observations with an MF radar
Masaki Tsutsumi1, David Holdsworth2, Takuji Nakamura3, and Iain Reid4
1National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan
2Atmospheric Radar Systems, Adelaide, Australia
3Radio Atmospheric Science Center, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, Japan
4University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
(Received August 19, 1998; Revised June 6, 1999; Accepted June 10, 1999)
Earth Planets Space, Vol. 51 (Nos. 7, 8), pp. 691-689, 1999 in the bibliography
of the pdf: Steel, D. I. and W. G. Elford, The height distribution of radio
meteors: comparison of observations at different frequencies on the basis of
standard echo theory, J. Atmos. Terr. Phys., 53, 409–417, 1991.
I am going to leave your readers (if you decide to post this) with several
links, and information that I have been able to pull about this "end of the
world" scenario. It is not just Aussie Bloke who is talking about these
inbound comets, there are also some very disturbing signs happening which leads
one to believe that either there are some incredible coincidences going on, or
Aussie Bloke is right, and we will have "hell on earth" in June.
By the way, here are the days and the events which are supposed to happen
on them:
June 8-9 Dust Cloud begins to reach the Earth and darkening of the skies.
June 18-20 1st impact
June 24-25 2nd impact
June 27-28 3rd impact of the "anomaly"
Now for the coincidences. The first is stock market site article http://www.urbansurvival.com/week.htm
that talks about something I had posted on my last email to you about an
intercepted transmission from Ham operators about something that is supposed to
hit earth in June. It was called: Is "Snowball" A Coincidence?
Here is an interesting article I pulled just a few days ago. These
fireballs have increased significantly over the last several weeks and are
happening EVERYWHERE.
Fireball Near Grover´s Mill, N.J.
Startled New Jersey residents tied-up the phone lines late this evening
calling authorities to report a large orange fireball that passed over the town
and apparently hit the ground several miles west of Grover´s MIll. No reports
of fires or injuries from the area have been made, but locals expressed concern
that the unknown phenomena had made a rumbling noise when it passed over that
was strong enough to rattle windows and frighten pets.
"I thought a jet was coming down right in the street," said
Betty Ocker, a housewife in Grover´s Mill, "it was loud, and I mean really
loud."
Police have asked residents to clear up the telephone lines and use them
only for emergency purposes until things get worked out, said a town
spokesperson. Apparently the local districts received so many calls after the
meteor passed overhead that the lines jammed and they have been unable to handle
normal calls for police assistance.
Local fire teams were dispatched to the woods west of town to make sure
that no fires were started by the space rock, but none of them have reported
finding anything as yet.
Here was a comment from someone on the same "Aussie Bloke"
thread making comments about what was being discussed (too many coincidences
going on to not believe that something is coming from the heavens and will reach
us soon)
I am an historian from the border region of Austria with some background
in the diplomatic corps, 65 years old and now semi-retired.
I have heard about the ´Aussie Bloke´ postings from a young relative of
my family and what I have read has struck a chord in me. In short, there are
things happening at a diplomatic level in Europe that point to a major
catastrophe within weeks, if not days.
RE: Emergency planning, naval and military mobilization
Yes, this is indeed something I wanted to highlight, although I am aware
that some aspects of the naval mobilization are now in the public news domain.
What you are seeing here is only the tip of the iceberg in terms of a
longer and finely coordinated military posture that is being coordinated in
tandem with confidential inter-governmental briefings taking place under the
auspices of Swiss officials in Geneva.
Signs abound. There is a certain sub-strata of the civil service in London
that, together with senior emergency planning officers, has been evacuated from
its headquarters in the British capital. This took place very recently.
Many US military bases outside of home territory that were falling into
disuse have been frantically refurbished and restocked over the last 18 months,
and one must ask oneself why this is happening. The standard reason given for
these unprecedented upgrades is ´preparedness´ in the
so-called war on terrorism.
The United States military infrastructure is actually quite widely
dispersed; a catastrophe affecting the land mass of North America alone would
therefore not imperil the operational integrity of the US High Command. The same
principle applies to American financial and economic instruments deployed ´in
expatriate´: instruments largely inured against an anticipated collapse of the
domestic banking and credit markets.
I found this gentleman's writings on projected meteor impacts rather
interesting, as his predicted dates of arrival dovetail rather neatly with the
current and future logistics pertaining to premium shipping lines, the navies of
several large nations, military contingents and the movements of elite
personnel.
The nation most advanced in this field of planning is Switzerland, where
many in senior positions, especially in the security and medical professions,
have been put on Stufe 2 since the beginning of April 2004. Even during the Cold
War, most memorably the Cuban Crisis, the levels raised were hardly ever above
Stufe 3.
I believe the levels in both Austria and Germany are lower. In the case of
the latter, this is on no account due to ignorance or poor planning resources,
but rather because of their concerns with secrecy and forcing a run on
resources. People in Germany - and I live on the border, so I know - are
becoming aware that something strange is transpiring within the emergency
planning regime, if only because there has been extensive re-testing of the
outdated airborne attack warning sirens.
I still keep in touch with many friends and colleagues who work for the
diplomatic corps in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, many
of whom are currently spending an inordinate amount of their residual time
locked in emergency preparedness that goes way beyond any threat that can be
reasonably ascribed to terrorism.
Here is one that talks about some very strange things that the federal
reserve is doing which leads one to think they know something is about to
happen. I don't know what the heck they are talking about, but it sounds like
something quite disturbing is coming: http://www.safehaven.com/article-1597.htm
"Let me just say from the outset that the Federal Reserve has
confirmed our Stock Market Crash forecast by raising the Money Supply (M-3) by
crisis proportions, up another 46.8 billion this past week. What awful calamity
do they see? Something is up. This is unprecedented, unheard-of pre-catastrophe
M-3 expansion. M-3 is up an amount that we´ve never seen before without a
crisis - $155 billion over the past 4 weeks, a $2.0 trillion annualized pace, a
22.2 percent annualized rate of growth!!! There must be a crisis of historic
proportions coming, and the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States is making
sure that there is enough liquidity in place to protect our nation´s fragile
financial system. The amazing thing is, the Fed´s actions mean they know what
is about to happen. They are aware of a terrible, horrific imminent event. What
could it be?
One can draw no other conclusion except that the Fed is acting
irresponsibly in its managing the money supply, in fulfilling its duty to
"maintain a stable currency." I reject the notion that the Fed is
acting irresponsibly. No, something is up, bigger than we have ever seen in the
history of the United States. Let me ramble. Perhaps they simply see the ominous
technical landscape we have been warning about in recent issues, and are
attempting to pull out all the stops to avert the predicted crash. The recent
rally in just about everything is similar to 2003´s market behavior when the
Fed pumped massive amounts of liquidity into the system during the first half of
the year. This time seems different. The amount of liquidity is too large. The
Fed is deflating the value of the monetary base by a fifth! Why are they willing
to do this? Wisdom says something bad is up - big time."
Yet another one which talks about the UK preparing for evacuations:
http://www.globalcontinuity.com/article/articleview/10265/1/30/
Lastly, did you know that just about every major countries navy's will be
at sea in June? Apparently, deep water is much more safe than docking in shallow
water if strong waves are blown inland. Here are some comments from one of the
forums along with some links for proof of what is going on.
Just why is it that nearly our entire naval fleet, have unprecedented
orders to leave for the Oceans? AND, they aren't alone. At least parts of Iran,
Britain, Australia, China, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea,
Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Vietnam are going too. Makes me want to find out where
the British Navy is holing up these days. And what of the Russians? hmmm....
Does anyone ever stay home and protect their own borders anymore? Isn't that
what they are supposed to be doing? Something is very, very fishy here!"
Let's go through a list of which countries are putting navies to sea for
the month of June. Take the U.S. naval group's departure from San Diego. What's
the official story of the 6,000+ sailors leaving Monday?
(Norfolk) a local television station in Norfolk reports that a total of
seven carrier strike groups are putting to sea in June - which if I'm not
mistaken is an unprecedented move: "While the Navy won't say where the
seven carrier groups are going, the carriers not already deployed are expected
to be gone for only one to two months." Story (RealPlayer needed) at
http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=1902088&nav=23iiNU2h (England) The
British are also putting an unusual number of ships to sea during June. http://www.navynews.co.uk/articles/2004/0405/0004052601.asp
Meantime, Channel 13 in Hampton Roads, VA reports in part that:
"Called "Exercise Blinding Storm" by the United States and
"Exercise Rapid Alliance" by the U.K., the training will involve about
30,000 troops from seven nations in exercises off and on the coast of North
Carolina. Dutch marines and French soldiers will take part, as well as a
Peruvian submarine and contingents from Germany and Canada. The flotilla is
expected to set sail Tuesday, with the two-week amphibious exercise scheduled to
begin June 10. The British landing platform dock ship Albion has already
arrived. It carried four Challenger II battle tanks — the British equivalent
of the U.S. M1-A1 Abrams tank. The tanks will be sent ashore aboard the ship's
new landing craft during the exercise. The biggest British ship — the aircraft
carrier Invincible — also has docked with a crew of 1,050. " http://www.wvec.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D82SAKN80.html
Also look at this huge list of other recent deployments...
Carrier Group Leaves On Deployment
Ships Are Not Scheduled To Support Operations In Iraq
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/3339032/detail.html
HUGE NAVAL STRIKE GROUP IS DEPLOYED! Western Pacific
(1) Aircraft carrier Stennis (CSG)
(2) Guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57)
(3) Burke-class destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83)
(4) Guided-missile frigate USS Ford (FFG 54)
(5) Fast-attack submarine USS Salt Lake City (SSN 716)
(6) Replenishment ship USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7) Also
(7) amphibious assault ship Belleau Wood
(8) amphibious transport dock ship Denver
(9) amphibious transport dock ships Comstock
(10-11) Burke-class guided missile destroyers Preble and Hopper -- will depart
next month.
(12) USS Tucson Departs on Western Pacific Deployment
(13) Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Russell
Also: USS McCampbell (DDG 85) departed May 5 for its first
deployment. The ship and its crew are headed to Southeast Asia in support of a
Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) cruise. McCampbell will be
conducting joint naval exercises with the countries of Singapore, Thailand,
Brunei, Malaysia and the Philippines.
Also: Twenty Royal Navy ships, led by HMS Invincible, are heading
off to take part in the exercise called Rapid Alliance, which is taking place
off the eastern seaboard of the United States.
Article: Marines Take off for Naval Exercise with U.S.
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2918574
Mediterranean Sea Surface Strike Group deployment:
(14) Guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG 61)
(15) Guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71),
(16) Guided-missile frigate USS Elrod (FFG 55)
USS John C. Stennis Strike Group Deploys for Pacific Operations:
Navy-Marine strike group leaves on 6-month deployment:
More than 5,000 sailors and Marines with the Belleau Wood
Expeditionary Strike Group will leave San Diego Thursday for
a six-month deployment in support of the war on terrorism
The amphibious assault ship Belleau Wood and the amphibious
transport dock ships Denver and Comstock will depart from 32nd
Street Naval Station beginning at 8:30 a.m. Thursday. "It is the
first time an expeditionary strike group will be commanded by a Marine general,
according to the Navy.
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/
2004/05/27/military/20_54_265_26_04.txt
"The Army begins a major staging operation today at the port to ship
equipment to southwest Asia." Article: Army to ship vehicles overseas via
Olympia:
http://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20040520/topstories/54346.shtml
Official explanation: Strike Group Deploys Early To Help Quell
Insurgency "The plan was developed to train naval forces for quick response
to crises and in support of national interests."
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/militaryconnection/3351632/detail.html
Ford heads to sea Frigate's crew departs for 4 months
http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/04/05/27/loc_ford001.cfm
USS Tucson Departs on Western Pacific Deployment
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=13418
Surface Strike Group Ships Deploy From Norfolk
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=13096
"coastal patrol ships Typhoon and Sirocco prepared to leave port at
the Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base Friday to relieve two sister ships"
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=69752&ran=237692
ROTA, Spain (NNS) -- USNS Patuxent (T-AO 201) accompanied patrol
boats USS Typhoon (PC 5) and USS Sirocco (PC 6) on their journey across the
Atlantic Ocean to Naval Station Rota, Spain, and arrived in port
with the two PCs May 12.
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=13328
So, I have to ask, are all these things happening a coincidence, or did
Aussie Bloke provide us truthful information that the world as we know it will
not exist after June? I personally think its true, there are just too many
coincidences. Something is going on, and inbound comets seem to be the likely
thing causing this.
I will close by asking you to please post this email on your site. There
are a lot of unsaved people that read your website and this is a great
opportunity to witness the gospel to them. Even though I believe things are
coming, I have total and absolute peace because I know I will be with Christ
after I leave this world. Hopefully, your readers have that piece as well. If
not, they can go to this link to see all that is needed for total peace.
06.01.04 08:36 AM
6-12-04
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200406/s1130666.htm
Meteorite touches down in NZ home
A meteorite has crashed through the roof of a house in Auckland, New Zealand,
much to the surprise of the home's owners.
Scientists were sceptical about the report but have now confirmed the 1.3
kilogram rock has fallen from space.
It is only the ninth meteor to land in New Zealand.
Its rarity makes it valuable to collectors as well as scientists.
Joel Schiff, from Auckland University, says the circumstances of the meteor's
discovery also add to its value.
"Falling through a roof is really an exceptional event that rarely happens,
and this is a beautiful large specimen," he said.
Scientists plan to analyse the chemical composition of the meteorite to find out
more about where it came from.
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Meteorite Smashes Through Home
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (June 13) - A grapefruit-sized meteorite smashed through
the roof of a New Zealand house, hitting a couch and bouncing off the ceiling
before coming to rest under a computer.
The 2.9 pound chunk of space debris dropped out of the sky and plummeted through
the tiled roof of the Auckland home on Saturday.
"I was in the kitchen doing breakfast and there was this almighty
explosion," owner Brenda Archer told the Sunday Star-Times newspaper.
"It was like a bomb had gone off. I couldn't see anything, there was just
dust."
Archer's one-year-old grandson had been playing nearby minutes before it
hit.
It is only the ninth meteorite found in New Zealand and the first to hit a
home.
The Archers, who are following expert advice by drying the rock out in their
oven, plan to sell it or give it to a museum.
Experts believe the meteorite, a chunk of an asteroid, could be worth more than
$6,300, the newspaper said.
06-13-04 09:14 EDT
http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=200406130725099
June 6, 2004
A meteorite started a grass fire when it landed in Ventura,
California. 6,000 acres burned.
(reported by a citizen who lives in the area - on the Art Bell radio
show on 6-12-04 - She said there was nothing on the news except how big the
fire was. Nobody but her seemed to have seen the meteorite, which was so
large her face got hot on one side as it came down and started the fire. She
said she thought it landed about 3 miles from her exact location.
Meteorite sighted in NSW
June 17, 2004
A METEORITE reportedly the size
of a house fell on the NSW south coast overnight, exploding in a bright flash,
police said today.
A driver on the Hume Highway shortly after 9pm (AEST) near Menangle
reported an object the size of a house falling from the sky.
The object fell east of the Hume Highway, possibly in an escarpment near
the top of a hill at Bulli, police were told.
The meteorite was described as glowing silver in colour and similar to
an artillery shell when it exploded with a bright flash on impact.
Workers at the Sydney Airport Tower said they saw a meteorite about 9pm,
police said.
No other reports were received by police and extensive police patrols of
the area did not turn up the space debris.
AAP
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Australians Report Meteorite Explosion
By Associated Press
June 17, 2004, 12:30 PM EDT
SYDNEY, Australia -- People claiming they saw a "house-sized"
meteorite slam into Earth and explode with a flash may actually have seen a
small space rock streaking through the atmosphere as it burned up, an
astronomer said Thursday.
Air traffic controllers on duty at Sydney Airport Tower saw a meteorite
around 9 p.m. (1100 GMT) Wednesday, but did not give details of its size.
Police said several people just south of Sydney reported seeing a huge
meteorite whizzing overhead before exploding. The report that it was the
size of a house came from one motorist traveling on a highway about 50
kilometers (30 miles) south of the city.
"Extensive police patrols of the area could not locate the
object," police said in a statement.
Australian National University astronomer Vince Ford said searchers were
unlikely to find anything because whatever was rocketing to earth likely
burned up before it hit, creating the illusion of a large object streaking
across the night sky.
If a house-sized meteorite had hit the earth, it would have made a sonic
boom and registered on seismological graphs, Ford said.
Prof. Steven Williams of the Grove Creek Observatory earlier told Sky News
that he had received phone calls from about six people who said they saw a
"gigantic streak" heading south. He said he could not explain the
phenomenon and hoped somebody would find some trace of the meteorite.
"If I had a helicopter ... I would be out there myself trying to find
it," he told Sky.
Copyright © 2004, The Associated Press
SCIENCE NEWS OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
Anatomy
of a bolide
Last year, a brilliant fireball shattered above
the Chicago suburb of Park Forest, Illinois.
Astronomers have pieced together a detailed
postmortem of the event.
by Andrew Fazekas
Posted
May 26, 2004
A little over a year ago, on March 27, 2003,
a spectacular fireball lit up northern
Illinois and sent chunks of space rock
crashing into the streets and roofs of a
quiet Chicago suburb of Park Forest.
Incredibly, the kamikaze dive of this
extraterrestrial visitor was caught —
completely by accident — on police car and
security video cameras, providing scientists
an amazing opportunity to study in detail
the last fiery moments of a meteor’s life.
The Park Forest fireball represents the
largest bolide to streak across a densely
populated area in modern history. "With
only two such events occurring on land
anytime during a year around the world, this
was unique by all standards," says
Wayne Edwards, study team member and Ph.D.
candidate from the University of Western
Ontario. Many different visual and acoustic
instruments around the region observed the
object’s descent. Astronomers have used
these measurements to determine the Park
Forest meteorite’s pre-fall orbit. This is
only the eighth time astronomers have been
able to calculate a reliable orbit for a
meteorite.
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By synchronizing eyewitness videos,
audio, and seismic measurements on the
ground with infrared satellite imagery,
Edwards and his team have been able to
determine the fireball’s original spin
rate, trajectory, and velocity accurately.
Before entering Earth’s atmosphere, the
Park Forest object weighed 12.5 tons (11
metric tons), was traveling at 12 miles (20
kilometers) per second, and packed the
equivalent energy of nearly 500 tons of TNT.
Audible detonations occurred as the
meteor punched through the atmosphere and
broke into smaller fragments. Analysis of
audio and seismic recordings clearly matched
three distinctly visible fragmentation
events. The main fragmentation event,
visible on a police-car video, occurred at a
height of 44 miles (70 km) and was quickly
followed by two smaller detonations at 22
and 16 miles (36 and 26 km).
"Incredibly, we can trace the meteor in
the video back to the very earliest time in
its entry into our atmosphere," says
Edwards.
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Based on a computer model of the
meteorite’s fragmentation rate, the team
believes the bolide actually shattered early
in its entry into our atmosphere and simply
traveled as a collection of smaller pieces.
Most of these eventually disintegrated,
leaving behind only the 40 pounds (18
kilograms) of meteorites recovered. Before
its fatal plunge to Earth, the object
followed the orbit of a typical Apollo-type,
Earth-crossing asteroid.
With enough data from different meteor
falls, a clearer picture may emerge as to
the sources of these meteorites and what
type of asteroid they come from. "With
enough orbits and enough samples from the
ground, we can start to determine what the
distribution of this material is in the
solar system," explains Edwards. Going
beyond Park Forest, the Ontario team plans
to establish a system of cameras
specifically designed to catch fireballs and
determine their orbits.
The team presented its findings at the
2004 Joint Assembly of the American and
Canadian Geophysical Union in Montreal,
Canada, last week.
June, 2004
JUNE BOOTID METEORS: Earth is heading for
a cloud of dust shed by Comet Pons-Winnecke
in the 19th century. An encounter with the
cloud might produce a pleasing meteor shower
before sunrise on Wednesday, June 23rd. Or
not. Forecasters aren't sure. If a shower
materializes, sky watchers in western North
America and across the Pacific Ocean are
favored to see it.
Potentially
Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs)
are space rocks larger than approximately 100m
that can come closer to Earth than 0.05 AU.
None of the known PHAs are on a collision
course with our planet, although
astronomers are finding new
ones all the time.
On
20 Jun 2004 there were 605
known Potentially
Hazardous Asteroids May-July
2004 Earth-asteroid encounters
Notes: LD is a
"Lunar Distance." 1 LD = 384,401 km,
the distance between Earth and
the Moon. 1 LD also equals 0.00256 AU. MAG
is the visual magnitude of the asteroid on the
date of closest approach.
On
24 Jul 2004 there were 618
known Potentially
Hazardous Asteroids July-Sept.
2004 Earth-asteroid encounters
Notes: LD is a
"Lunar Distance." 1 LD = 384,401 km,
the distance between Earth and
the Moon. 1 LD also equals 0.00256 AU. MAG
is the visual magnitude of the asteroid on the
date of closest approach.
6-16-04 -
Hi Everyone,
This is what? The 5th or
6th large meteor in the last few weeks? I
didn't by the Planet X hype being put out a
few weeks ago, but there does seem to be
something significant going on here. Even
during major meteor showers (like the Leonids)
I don't remember hearing this many reports of
large meteors.
John M
Car-Sized Meteor Rocks Missouri Residents
http://freeinternetpress.com/article.pl?sid=04/06/20/0542230&mode=thread
Paul Kesterson was getting ready for work
Friday morning when two thunderous explosions
a split second apart rocked the sky above his
home.
"It was loud enough to shake the house
and rattle the windows," said Kesterson,
owner of Marshfield TV and Electronics.
"The dog's probably still hiding."
The rural Webster County man rushed outside,
not sure what he'd find.
"There was a smoke trail in the sky, but
it wasn't straight," he said. "It
kind of came down at an angle, like a jet
contrail that the wind had distorted."
The Webster County Sheriff's Department
fielded nearly 20 phone calls from area
residents around 9:20 a.m., concerned
something had blown up.
Dispatchers checked with area quarries, which
reported no blasting activity.
And no supersonic aircraft were in the skies
above Webster County, according to Springfield
airport and Fort Leonard Wood officials.
NASA scientist Mike Mumma said the likely
culprit was a "sizable" meteor
ripping apart as it blasted through the
atmosphere at 100,000 mph.
"From the description of buildings and
windows shaking, that's a fairly significant
sonic boom," said Mumma, chief scientist
of planetary research at Goddard Research
Center in Greenbelt, Md. "It would have
been much larger than fist-sized to make that
loud of a noise and generate that much energy.
I couldn't speculate how big, though."
Don Yeomans, manager of NASA's Near Earth
Object monitoring program in Pasadena, Calif.,
said a meteor that shakes homes and windows
could have been the size of a small car.
WATCH THE
SKY TONIGHT
Posted By: PIEMAN
Date: Wednesday, 23 June 2004, 8:03 p.m.
I saw this at Rumor Mill and looked
interesting.
http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=51031
WATCH THE SKY TONIGHT! Scuttlebut and
Other Strangeness
Posted By: Esclarmonde Date:
Wednesday, 23 June 2004, 5:37 p.m.
On June 20, the date when Aussie Bloke
said we could expect the Debris Cloud to
manifest quite near Earth, SOHO closed its
camera 'doors' presumably to protect the
lens from damage. (Gee, I'm just sure it is
a coincidence, aren't you?)
Spaceweather.com told us that the
'debris cloud' we are going through was left
over from a comet that went by in the 1819:
Comet P7 Pons-Winnecke. At least one layer
of this debris cloud has been named: The
June Bootids, due to its appearance in front
of the Bootes Constellation.
However, there are several other
'debris rings' making their play towards the
Earth right now. They all may come from the
initial shock of Comet P7, or even P7 itself
may have come from the shock of a Stellar
Explosion that occurred around the time of
Jesus birth. This Neutron explosion sent
forth a shock wave of ionic particles which
bumped against the Oort Cloud, creating both
comets and smaller debris clouds, many which
have an orbital affinity with the Planet
Jupiter.
For instance, we also have the Phi
Saggitarids; and, the June Aquilids,
confirmed in 1968 by none other than Dr.
Grant Gartrell!!!
http://users.lewiston.com/niemann/Meteors.html
The following link by a Japanese
scientist gives an excellent summation (with
pictures) of what might be happening with
this rather large layered Debris Cloud which
certainly appears to come FROM THE SOUTH.
You'll notice the various rings of debris.
Apparently each ring becomes its own group
of asteroids.
http://kaicho.pobox.ne.jp/tenshow/meteor/7p2004/e1.htm
The following article suggests that
everytime the Bootids have gone their course
they appear to leave a 'circle' of debris,
much like a toroid. Apparently we are due to
go through as many as 4 of these layers of
debris within the next few days:
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/bootid_meteors_040618.html
"In recent days, a different
forecast for the June Bootids has been
issued by Jerimie Vaubaillon of the Institut
de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Éphémérides,
in Paris, France and Russians Sergey
Dubrovsky and Sergey Shanov.
Their calculations suggest that the
Earth will interact with a swarm of
meteoroids that were ejected by Comet
Pons-Winnecke at not just one, but several
of its past visits to the Sun, most notably
in 1819, 1825, 1830, 1836 and perhaps 1875.
In addition, the predicted peak for this
activity comes several days earlier than
Rendtel's suggestion: Wednesday, June 23 at
11h GMT (7 a.m. EDT).
Western North America and the Pacific
Ocean will still be in darkness at that
time, and are favored with the best possible
views. But should the activity last for many
hours, then it could be worthwhile to
carefully watch the sky from Tuesday night,
the 22nd, on until the first light of dawn
on Wednesday, the 23rd."
WE'LL SUMMARIZE WITH AUSSIE BLOKE'S
ORIGINAL PREDICTIONS:
So before I go I will give you an appoximate
date to expect the arrival of the cloud in
full force: 18th-20th June.
Impact 1)24-25th
Impact 2)26th-27th
"anomaly"....unknown effect but
current estimates are not too encouraging.
Diameter uncertain. mass uncertain. What IS
known is this...it is composed mostly of a
crystalline substance of unknown
consistency. Some have speculated that it
could be a chunk of diamond from the core of
a gas giant...who knows. But it is weird and
fast and coming this way. It is NOT a
comet...NOR a planet...it is nothing like we
have ever seen before. That is why we do not
know what it will do if and when it hits us.
Have a laugh now...I know you will..WE did
at first too when we first detected it.
--------
The Bootids first show is tonight, the
23rd-24th; the second BIG Show happens to
fall on June 27.
hmmm...
**************************************
SCUTTLEBUT HEARD ON E-STREET (being talked
about and considered in various forums): ;-)
~~~~>We were 'barely missed' on the
20th by a large asteroid that would have
pretty much changed all life on this planet
as we know it. It passed within 75,000 miles
of us. (The moon is about 250,000 miles from
us, to give you an idea.) Think a lot of
folks spent the evening of the 19th in their
'bunkers'. ;-)
~~~~>The real question at the
moment is what are all the explosions going
off in the ocean? Is it possible they are
setting off Cold Fusion Nukes (no radiation)
to dig big underwater trenches in an attempt
to thwart tsunamis that might be caused by
incoming asteroids?
A 6.1 Seismo reading off the coast of
Florida (even though no quake) is the size
of 25 Hiroshimas...or so. And the 6.9
registered in Venezuela on the 19th...is
many times that. All very curious goings on.
~~~~>Did we say 'Cold Fusion
Nukes'? Wasn't the beloved Dr. Eugene
Mallove (murdered on May 14th) working on
Cold Fusion? ...wondering...you don't
suppose he thought this was a crazy idea, do
you? One that might backfire?
There have been some larger than
normal wave readings; and then there is that
super typhoon that recently hit Japan.
~~~~>As for what just went across
SOHO's screen...that was Mercury, which was
behind the sun this time. Curiously, we are
unable to watch its companion any longer.
The Large 'shadowy' figure that showed up
following behind it in early 2003. NASA
changed the dif pics so the object would no
longer be visible. However, the Cassiopeans
said (back in the early 90's) that this was
a 'stargate' and a 'base' of sorts used by
the Zetas to enter our Solar System. Gee,
and to think we have pictures of it...
- 6-25-04
-
-
- Over the last
couple of months I've read with
interest the furore generated by
"Aussie Bloke" and his
claims of an imminent earth
impactor of some kind. I've also
noted Michael Goodspeed's
anecdotal stories about missile
readiness at Fort Greely, the
arrival of Toutatis, the
deployment of many of the worlds
naval units and the intercepted
conversation from Snowballnet.
-
- I intend to talk
about Toutatis a little nearer
September 29, but for the moment I
would like to concentrate on what
could be a current threat to our
planet.
-
- I was initially
skeptical about "Aussie
Bloke's" claims, which have
now been proved a hoax, but I've
spent a good deal of time over the
last six weeks researching and
investigating the possibilities of
an impact event or any other
celestial happenings of interest
in the last week of June.
-
- As has been
mentioned on Rense.com, we are
currently being treated to a good
nightime display from the Taurid
meteors and on Sunday, June 27 at
01h GMT (which corresponds to
Saturday, June 26 at 9:00 p.m.
EDT) the Earth should be passing
through the June Bootids meteor
shower, ejected by Comet
Pons-Winnecke.
-
- Coincidentally,
I have found that on June 27 and
June 29 the Earth is also subject
to an extremely close approach by
two little known asteroids. The
first, on June 27, is designated
25143 Itokawa. Information is
sparse on Itokawa, but what is
known is that the asteroid is
approximately 0.36 kilometers wide
and on June 27 it will come within
0.0128968 Astronomical Units of
Earth. An Astronomical Unit (AU)
is equal to 149,597,871
kilometers, so Itokawa will pass
us bye at less than a million
miles
-
- The June 29
asteroid is designated 2004 MC. It
was only discovered ten days ago,
on June 15 and will come even
closer to Earth than Itokawa. 2004
MC will come within 0.0097
Astronomical Units of the planet,
less than 850 thousand miles, a
very near miss, and because of the
late discovery of the asteroid
NASA is unsure of the size of 2004
MC and its orbital path is not
absolutely certain.
-
- On June 21
NASA's Near Earth Orbit Dynamic
Site said of 2004 MC "This
object has the possibilty of
impacting the Earth". This
statement was, however, removed on
June 22, just one day after it
appeared.
-
- Co-incidentally,
on June 21 Asteroid 2004 MR1, an
asteroid measuring some 35 metres
wide, missed Earth by only 0.0038
Astronomical Units, about 350
thousand miles.
-
- Whether or not
Itokawa and 2004 MC do pose a
threat to Earth I cannot say.
However, one thing is sure, both
these objects are coming very,
very close to us in the next few
days. For more information on the
orbit simulations of the asteroids
and observation information,
please check the links below.
-
- Oh, and have a
nice day.
-
- Itokawa:-
- Orbit
Simulation:-
- http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db_shm?rec=25143
-
-
- http://newton.dm.unipi.it/cgi-bin/neodys/neoibo?objects:Itokawa;main
-
-
- 2004 MC:-
- Orbit
Simulation:-
- http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db_shm?sstr=2004+MC+
-
-
- http://newton.dm.unipi.it/cgi-bin/neodys/neoibo?objects:2004MC;main
-
-
- Copyright: Ian
Gurney June 2004.
- Ian Gurney is
the author of "The Cassandra
Prophecy-Armageddon
- Approaches."
http://www.caspro.com
- and can be
contacted at info@caspro.com
-
- Ian Gurney is a
journalist, broadcaster and author
of the bestseller "The
- Cassandra
Prophecy" published by
International Global Press. ISBN 0953581314.
|
http://www.rense.com/general54/anothermeteorstrikeOZ.htm
Another Meteor Strike - Reports Of New
Zealand Hit
The Cosmic Bombardment Continues
By Michael Goodspeed
TrueSkeptic.com
6-27-4
With the ongoing controversy surrounding
mysterious disappearing media accounts of
fireballs, meteors, asteroids, and
"crashed planes", it will be
interesting to see if ANYONE in the
international or American media picks up
this report, issued hours ago in New
Zealand.
A South Island radio station is being
swamped with reports of a meteor strike in
the Mackenzie Country.
People from Christchurch to Timaru say they
saw a bright light streaking across the sky
around 9.30 on Saturday night.
Port FM announcer James Valentine says he
has taken dozens of calls describing the
dramatic end of the meteor's journey.
He says it exploded before it hit the
ground, and flames and debris were seen in
the sky.
James Valentine says a consensus is
building around the idea the meteor crashed
to earth somewhere near Twizel.
http://xtramsn.co.nz/news/0,,3882-3469666,00.html
http://www.rense.com/general54/micro.htm
Did June 3rd Puget Sound Meteor Cause Micro
Quake?
By Michael Goodspeed
6-27-4
The majority of news accounts of the June
3rd meteor over Washington state near Puget
Sound have described the meteor as
approximately between the size of a
"baseball" and a "computer
monitor.' I am not a scientist, so I am
genuinely curious if a baseball-sized or
monitor-sized meteor can cause a
"micro-earthquake," measuring 1.6
on the richter scale.
I have just received this information from a
gentleman named Charles, which seems to
indicate that at the estimated time of the
meteor sighting (2:40 AM PST), a 1.6 quake
was registered by the Pacific Northwest
Seismograph Network.
Following this information, I will share
with you an anecdotal account I have
received from a woman in Eugene, OR, that is
worthy of examination.
From Charles' email:
Flashes, booms reported over western
Washington state; officials say meteor
possible source
Associated Press
SEATTLE - Bright flashes and sharp booms
were reported in the skies over the Puget
Sound area early Thursday, and experts said
a meteor or falling "space junk"
may have been the source.
Nothing unusual was detected on National
Weather Service radar, and authorities also
ruled out aircraft problems or military
flight tests.
Toby Smith, a University of Washington
astronomy lecturer who specializes in
meteorites, said scientists were looking
into the cause of the skybursts reported
over a wide area about 2:40 a.m.
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/06/03/build/nation/78-space-junk.inc
http://www.rense.com/general54/sder.htm
Large Meteor Observed Over South East Texas
From Stan
6-27-4
It'll be interesting to see if this gets
reported in the mainstream media.
At 04:15 06/27/04 an operator at a major
Petro-Chem complex in Texas City, Texas
observed a brightening of the sky on one of
the unit video cameras. No sooner than his
attention was diverted to the camera he
observed a very bright streak across the sky
in his field of view which is westerly. At
this point he rushed out side the control
room in time to see a very large colorful
meteor streaking across the sky west to east
at a high altitude. This was also observed
by other employees at the plant.
Simultaneously another employee in League
City, Texas was walking from his house to
his car, leaving for work, and observed the
same object. He described it as lighting the
sky about as bright as a full moon with a
nebulous head similar to a comet. It was
leaving streamers of blue, red, yellow and
green behind resembling the tail of a comet.
He described it as larger than an airliner
at low altitude but was very high and
appeared to skip off the atmosphere and
dissappear.
Terang man rocked by drop-in
By JACLYN DENSLEY
June 28, 2004
Denis Lakic from Terang with the piece of
rock he believes could turn out to be part
of a meteorite.
A TERANG man believes a meteorite whizzed
past his head in the early hours of the
morning last week.
Denis Lakic was awoken when his cat fell out
of a tree about 3am and was outside, trying
to tie up his dog, when he heard a whooshing
sound above.
"Something banged down on the earth a
couple of metres from me," Mr Lakic
said.
"It was dark, I couldn't see anything,
so I went to bed and came back out at seven
o'clock in the morning.
"I walked out to have a look and there
was a deep hole, about 18 inches, and I got
a spade and started digging around the
rock."
Mr Lakic said the hole created by the rock
was diagonal, suggesting it had hit the
ground at an angle.
He said the 250-gram object was seven or
eight centimetres across and was brown, red
and other colours.
"It's very heavy. It's not a normal
rock," the Hampden Street resident
said.
"I think it's a meteorite. I'm not
very scientific but it seems funny to me.
"I want to know what's going on."
A Bureau of Meteorology spokesman said the
service got calls about meteorites but they
were referred to astronomy organisations.
"I do know every 30-odd million years
one the size of Warrnambool hits and wipes
all of us out," he offered, less than
encouragingly.
http://the.standard.net.au/articles/2004/06/28/1088274657543.html
|
Wednesday,
June 30, 2004. 3:14pm (AEST)
Meteorite reported in southern
Walpole, Australia
The Perth
Observatory says it has had reports a
meteor has crashed near Walpole in
Western Australia's south.
Witnesses say
they saw a large, fiery object
zigzagging through the sky at about
5:30pm yesterday.
The witnesses
say the object left a trail of thick
smoke and then they heard a bang.
The
observatory says it appears the object
was travelling somewhere between Perth
and Albany in a south-south easterly
direction.
Walpole resident Heather Burton was in
her backyard when she saw the object.
She says it
was unlike a normal shooting star.
"A
shooting star usually just goes straight
across or straight down - this one had
these gradual zigzags just coming
down," she said.
Alex Bevan
from the WA Museum says the reports
indicate the sightings were the result
of a fireball generated by a meteorite.
"We're
certainly picking up reports of a bright
fireball and sonic phenomena associated
- I'm absolutely sure - with the fall of
a meteorite," Dr Bevan said.
Dr Bevan says
it will be difficult to find where the
meteorite landed.
"Unfortunately
there doesn't seem to be as many
observations, so actually pinning down
where the object landed might be a bit
difficult and in that area, the
vegetation might mean searching for it
would be difficult," he said.
|
Update- June
28th 20:00 GMT
by Ambilac
Hot line….
This is what is known thus so far:
If you recall some years ago..(was on
orbit site see http://members.aol.com/phikent/orbit/orbitback59.html
there were reported to be three incoming
objects – recall the NASA computer
operator who hid in a cave with supplies
etc – the code names were Bismarck –
Monitor and Titanic.. For ease of
reference, these code names are being
deployed once more by certain groups to
follow the progress etc,..
So..what do we have..
Object #1 – BISMARCK – flew on by on
time a few days ago and was highly
fragmented, while the bulk of the object
flew past beyond moons distance..- a few
large objects from it skipped along the
planetary grid…approx distance to the
moon – 250,000 miles..while a few
smaller objects were observed, and some
landed, in the following areas:
Washington state
Japan
New Zealand
If you recall over the last few days,
quakes were observed in a number of
relate areas and fireballs and meteors
observed..
Object #2 or MONITOR – due date
July…no definitive date as yet
This will be a fly by well beyond the
moon..so we are not expecting too many
effects, possibly a few meteors..but the
way things are going who the heck knows
for certain..! The size of this object
is said to be approx 20-30 miles..so let
us hope it indeed passes well beyond the
moon
Now..Object #3 TITANIC
This is where we may have a “problem”..to
put it mildly. Due date Early November
This object is a big sucker…approx 60
miles wide, and because of its size and
unstable path the effects of this mother
are not really known.
Factors involved:
1 Solar activity..depending on what
effect the sun has on this sucker
2 Planet earth.. depending on how we are
placed at the time..
3. The asteroid itself.. The merw size
of this mother will have its own geo
field and gravity force.-.you could say
this was a “mini planet”.-thus the
effects and orbital path will be
unstable…
Hopefully, to minimise damage, earth may
be in a position by then to have turned
slightly and in connection with the
planetary EM grid, help to avoid any
major incoming resulting from the fly
by.
All I know is that many governments are
preparing for something…we have heard
that the US gov have prepared a bunker
400 feet below, either Washington DC or
Virginia and are preparing to “bunker
down” In the UK there have been
rumours that Whitehall (emergency
planning ), special section, have
already moved to an underground military
facility in North Wales, near Plas Y
Brenin..Snowdonia Mountain range….know
it well!
One last comment on object #1 ..it
appears that the combination of solar
activity and upward geo thermal flow
from the sea on earth may have prevented
serious damage over the last few
days…Looks like someone is looking
after us!!
Thus, I would prepare for any
eventuality.. I hope that the extreme
possibility will not occur, however we
should all be like good boy scouts (and
girl guides) and be prepared for
anything
More updates when I have them
H
_________________
Searching for the truth - whatever it
may be. |
Sunday,
6 October, 2002, 10:33 GMT 11:33 UK
'Meteor' lights up Midlands, UK
The object was seen shortly
before 0600 BST
A burning object seen streaking across West
Midlands skies on Sunday morning may have
been a meteor, astronomers have said.
The streaking fireball was seen heading
south shortly before 0600 BST.
Its passage was followed by a bright
flash which lit up the sky.
Sightings of the object were reported at
sites including Coventry, England's south
coast and Wales.
Andy Salmon, from the Birmingham
Astronomical Society, said it may have been
a meteor - space debris burning up in the
atmosphere.
He also suggested it may have been a
man-made object, such a satellite
re-entering the atmosphere, or a rocket
being launched.
"Meteors can happen at any time...
there's no predicting when it may
happen," he said.
One witness said the object had a tail.
"All of a sudden I've seen this
light streak across the sky... the front of
the light was much larger than what you
would call the tail," he said.
'Like a film'
The BBC's Ben Godfrey saw the fireball as
he arrived at work.
"It was reminiscent of a meteor you
might see in a film... it was huge," he
said.
Local aviation authorities confirmed the
object was not aircraft-related.
It has been an eventful period for the
West Midlands in nature terms, with the
region shaken by an earth tremor on 23
September.
7-7-04
I was advised by 2 witness's who
reported seeing what is described as a large
green fireball fly over the town of Elk City,
Oklahoma, last night 7/6/04 at about 9:00 PM.
The object was described as being about the
size of a tennis ball at arm's lenght. It's
movement was from the Northwest to the
Southeast. I am investigating further.
Jim Hickman
Executive Director
Skywatch International Inc.
http://www.skywatch-international.org
Bright
Lights Seen in Sky Over 5 States
.7-8-04
FORT WORTH, Texas
(AP) - A meteor shower Wednesday night lit up
the sky from Texas to western Tennessee,
prompting a flood of reports to law
enforcement officers throughout a five-state
region.
The lights flashed across the sky shortly
after 9 p.m. in portions of Texas, Arkansas,
Oklahoma, Louisiana and Tennessee.
A spokesman for the Federal Aviation
Administration said the spotting was a
meteorite, probably several.
``The front part was fiery red and it had a
greenish glow behind it and a long red tail,''
Barbara Hays, who lives in Bossier Parish,
La., told Shreveport television station KSLA.
A spokesman for the National Weather
Service in Fort Worth said the sightings were
not tied to a weather event.
``Whatever the object was, it had to be pretty
high up in the sky and pretty big for such a
large area of people to have seen it,''
forecaster Mike Berry in Shreveport, La., said
in a story in Thursday's Tyler Morning
Telegraph.
07/08/04 00:49 EDT
Copyright 2004 The
Associated Press.
Police Dash Cam Films
'Fireballs In Sky'
Bright Lights Seen In
Sky Over 5 States
POSTED:
7:17 am EDT July 8, 2004
A large meteor shower is probably what lit
up the sky over parts of five states
Wednesday night, according to experts.
The National Weather Service and media
outlets received numerous reports of
fireballs in the sky around 9:30 p.m.
Wednesday. The lights flashed across the sky
shortly after 9 p.m. in portions of Texas,
Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Tennessee.
Some of the fireballs were captured on a
dash camera in a police car in Rowlett,
Texas, a suburb of Dallas. The officer was
on a traffic stop, and the left side of the
shot shows several streaks of bright light.
After discussions with Federal Emergency
Management Agency, the weather service
determined that residents probably saw a
meteor shower.
No debris or crash site have found, and
there have been no reports of a missing
aircraft.
Copyright 2004 by Internet Broadcasting
Systems and Local6.com.
The Associated Press contributed to this
report. All rights reserved.
Officials Say Fireball Most Likely
Large Meteor
Numerous People Report Fireball In
Wednesday Night Sky
NORMAN, Okla. -- A large meteor may have
been what residents in Oklahoma, Texas and
parts of the south-central United States
saw
Wednesday night, officials said.
The National Weather Service said it had
received numerous reports of a fireball in
the sky around 9:30 p.m. from central and
southwestern Oklahoma to northern Texas
and other parts of the South.
After discussions with the Department of
Homeland Security's Federal Emergency
Management Agency, the weather service
said officials
concluded that what residents saw was
likely a large meteor.
John Clabes, a regional spokesman for the
Federal Aviation Administration, said
there were no reports of missing aircraft
in the area.
In Tulsa, John Southern said he saw what
he thought was an airplane on fire while
driving near U.S. 75 in Tulsa.
"It looked like an airplane going
down in flames really hard or fast - or
space debris," said Southern, a
freelance photographer. "It was
coming from a southwesterly
direction."
When he got a closer look, he saw that the
object had a definite central mass.
"This was just like a blob,"
Southern said. "I wouldn't say it was
a UFO, but I don't know. I thought surely
something had happened."
Southern said the object flew to the
southeast before he lost sight of it.
"It was just a flash in the pan.
It was over in about three seconds,"
he said.
A similar phenomenon occurred Dec. 1,
2001, when residents in Oklahoma, Texas
and Nebraska witnessed space debris
breaking up as it entered the atmosphere.
Witnesses reported seeing long streaks of
light moving across the sky and breaking
into about 30 "little balls with
tails."
7-8-04 - It's 4 AM in Memphis where I
work as a security guard at night. Just
left the building and saw a bright flash to
the northwest, like lightning or an
explosion. Waited, but no storms and no
sounds. Then, a low, bright object
streaked across the sky, looking like flames
and very low. It disappeared off to the
west. I wonder if a security camera
somewhere picked up the flash or the meteor,
if that's what it was.
Bob
The Surfing The Apocalypse Network
http://www.surfingtheapocalypse.com
A BURST OF METEORS OVER FINNISH COASTAL
WATERS EARLY ON
http://www.surfingtheapocalypse.net/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=6847
Posted By: NASAGUY
Date: Tuesday, 13 July 2004
Helsinki - A burst of meteors over Finnish
coastal waters early on Tuesday prompted
hundreds of Finns to mistakenly report the
natural phenomenon as emergency flares from
distressed vessels, officials said.
"The shower might have lasted just a few
seconds, but so far we have received over 70
calls. The first hour was very busy
here," said Matti Salokorpi, senior
lieutenant with the maritime rescue centre in
Vaasa, some 420 kilometres northwest of
Helsinki.
On a normal night the rescue centre might get
around 10 calls, he said, adding that Vaasa's
ambulance and fire services had received as
many calls due to the natural phenomenon
created when space debris hits the earth's
atmosphere at high speed.
Several other rescue centres along the
Finnish west coast reported numerous similar
calls, according to media here.
One of the callers, cruising in his pleasure
boat off the coast, described the phenomenon
as a red fireball moving swiftly through the
night sky, spewing sparks and leaving a trail
of vapour before turning white as it entered
the atmosphere, Finnish news agency FNB
reported.
A glowing meteor could easily be mistaken for
an emergency flare, which is an international
alarm signal for sailors in need of
assistance, Salokorpi said.
http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,6119,2-13-1443_1556905,00.htm
Still seems to be a few here and there.N
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/bbs/message.php?message=382656&mpage=1&topic=3&showdate=7/14/04&replies=
5&PHPSESSID=d1d28a1f4642a6575392341ae58c1c9f
Greg B.
7/14/2004
9:37 am EDT just for the records: nother
meteor
Last night in Detroit, about 12:40-1:10 I was
watching the sky out of my bedroom window.
There was a dazzling display of heat-lightning
and an incoming thunderstorm.
Before any rain occurred, I saw a fiery-orange
sphere streak across the sky from West to
East, in the Southern part of the sky.
It moved incredibly fast, and was not a plane.
It came out of clouds and where it ended, I
don´t know. The streak took it behind the
neighboring house and out of my line of sight.
There was no indication of any kind of impact.
My thoughts were thus:
It´s a meteor
It´s an UFO
It´s ball lightening (whatever that is)
It was quite a sight to behold, and not at all
like the shooting star I saw at the end of
May.
Strictly using my own observations, I would
have to conclude that if in May I´m seeing
regular shooting stars then in July I´m
seeing actual fireballs in the atmosphere...I´m
guessing in September I will be seeing
impacts.
-Greg B.
Did Meteorite Strike
Central Florida?
POSTED:
10:53 am EDT
July 16, 2004
CASSELBERRY, Fla. -- Speculation about a July Fourth
meteorite strike in Seminole County has
many area residents searching their
yards for answers.
From Oviedo, to Maitland, to
Casselberry, witnesses claim to have
heard a large boom and saw bright
flashes of light across the evening
holiday skies, WESH NewsChannel 2
reported.
It's creating a meteorite buzz on local
radio stations, WESH NewsChannel 2
reported.
"I saw this crazy light, and it was
really bright," said Casselberry
resident Diana Felise. "The entire
house was rattling. We thought the
pictures were going to fall off the
wall."
If a meteor did strike the area, it
is believed to have hit somewhere around
Red Bug Road and state Road 434, but
Casselberry police officials said
they're convinced it was nothing more
than a big bolt of lightning since there
was a severe storm in the area that
night.
"Lightning, thunderstorms,
welcome to Florida," said Lt.
Dennis Stewart of the Casselberry Police
Department.
Many residents, however, still
believe it was a meteorite. Rick Wega
shot video of the bright lights and
remains convinced it was not a
storm-induced effect.
"The way it shook the ground
isn't like no other lightning,"
said Wega, "I’ve been around a
lot of lightning."
Experts, on the other hand, said
that until someone finds a piece of a
meteorite in the area, it will remain an
unsolved mystery.
A meteorite is a small particle of
matter that falls to Earth, and the last
one to reportedly strike the area hit in
Lake County in 1918. Because of such
rarity, meteorites are very valuable,
and in some cases, one gram of a
meteorite can be valued at $10,000.
Copyright 2004
by WESH.COM.
All rights reserved.
Date: Friday, 16
July 2004, 5:34 p.m.
THIS ARTICLE IS A ROUGH TRANSLATION
FROM RUSSIAN....
links to article and site used to translate
on bottom of page...
The sky pytaet Egypt a fiery rain
Oksana GOLOLOBOVA, on July, 16, 2004
The Arabian mass-media transfer, that
the present fiery downpour has fallen upon a
number of villages in southern Egyptian
province Sohag - so has characterized the
unusual phenomenon local population.
However, behind the beautiful name serious
accident which already has ruined some
inhabitants of the country disappears.
Heated "drops" in huge
quantity fall from the sky on roofs of
buildings, setting fire to straw covering
them and a reed. Constructions flash as a
match, the flame has captured already more
than 80 apartment houses. From an asthma and
burns have suffered about 60 person, two
small children were lost at least. In the
Egyptian settlements where the fiery rain
goes the third day, firemen constantly are
on duty.
Police and forces of safety of the
country conduct consequence. Authorities try
to find out an origin so strange unknown
hitherto a phenomenon. There are already
some versions of an event. pogoreltsy are
inclined to trust in overseas
metamorphosises, they assert, that on their
houses anything fell other, as fiery
spheres.
Others try to explain tragedy
household incidents: the some people speak,
that when the temperature of air reaches +55°N,
at pets and birds the wool and feathers
starts to decay. The cat who has received a
burn or the rabbit starts to rush in a panic
on a court yard and climbs up a roof of
houses that leads to to distribution of
fire.
However scientists count, that speech,
most likely, goes about a meteoric rain:
pieces of breed flying from space light up
in an atmosphere.
However, the exact reason of mass fires till
now and remains a riddle.
For the information: the Meteoric rain
- the unique astronomical phenomenon. His
kinds which can be observed at various times
year and with different periodicity are
known some.
For example, " a star downpour
", "Leonid" named
astronomers, it is possible to see seldom
enough - each 33 years when about the Earth
comet Templa-Tattla flies by. "Leonids"
are her chastichki which breaking away,
generously shower our planet.
The name has received the phenomenon
because there are meteorites from that part
of a space where there is constellation Leo.
Encyclopaedic editions assert, that the most
ancient on supervision the meteoric stream
has been marked by Chinese in 1768 B.C.
Time in 130 years the Earth passes
through a dust tail of a comet of Swift -
Tattla and then meteoric stream Perseid
reaches the maximal activity, dumping on us
thousand "tail" meteorites.
And in general, " falling stars
" can be observed every year in second
half of summer. Always was considered, that
they do not represent for people of danger -
chastichki reach our planet extremely
seldom, and in history yet there was no case
that the meteorite has done much harm to the
person. To tell the truth, more than 50
years in the Great Britain the fragment of a
meteorite has killed the cow.
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Article Link: http://www.newsru.com/world/15jul2004/shar.html
Translation:
In several villages in the south of Egypt for
the unknown reason have simultaneously burned
down about 100 houses, informs RIA of
"News" referring to local press. In
result there were some hundreds local
residents, many of which have burned.
Under the statement of numerous eyewitnesses,
on roofs of houses on which peasants dry pomet,
used in these places as fuel, drop the fiery
spheres instantly igniting structures.
Local authorities cannot explain the reason of
ignition yet. On one of versions, on houses
the pigeons who are lighting up from collision
with an electric main fell. However, under the
statement of local residents, on big fires
have been found out all a little scorched bird´s
tushek.
Under other version, the reason of fires could
become a meteoric stream. Come out also with
assumptions of that, in the burned down houses
because of the big loading in the electric
system there were short circuits. But against
this version speaks that many of houses at all
had no an electricity.
Victims consider, that fire to them was
sent by genies, attendants of the shaitan
(devil).
It is necessary to note, that similar falling
of fiery spheres was observed in January of
this year in Spain where hundreds inhabitants
of northern provinces became witnesses of the
mysterious natural phenomenon.
Then one of representatives of authorities of
the city of Palensija has declared, that one
fiery sphere has blown up. " Explosion
was very strong. In air the cloud of a white
smoke which long did not dissipate " has
risen, - it has declared.
In opinion of astronomers, fiery spheres, most
likely, - large meteorites.
Oregon woman
wants recognition for meteorite,
discoverer
July13, 2004
WEST LINN, Ore. (AP) — More than a
century ago, a Welsh miner wandering
the forested hills of West Linn found
a 15-ton meteorite lodged in the
earth.
The so-called
"Willamette Meteorite," the
largest space rock ever found in the
U.S., went on display at the American
Museum of Natural History in New York
City. But the rock's discoverer, Ellis
Hughes, died broke and forgotten.
Fran Soder, 88,
has spent the last two years trying to
regain recognition for Hughes and the
meteorite, which museum curators
consider the most important of its kind.
"I feel
terrible he's been maligned for so many
years," Soder said. "He was
viewed as nothing more than a
thief."
Hughes found the
Willamette Meteorite in 1902, less than
a mile from his home on land owned by
the long-defunct Oregon Iron & Steel
Co.
When the company
heard of the discovery, it sent an
attorney to investigate, sued and won
— first in Clackamas County Circuit
Court and later before the Oregon
Supreme Court. Hughes was described as
nothing more than a thief, who tried to
hold on to what was not his.
Company officials
brought the meteorite to the 1905 Lewis
and Clark Exposition in Portland, where
a wealthy New York socialite purchased
it for $26,000. It was moved to the
American Museum of Natural History the
following year.
Now the
Willamette Meteorite, an iron-nickel
boulder deposited in the Northwest by
floods up to 15,000 years ago, is on
display in the museum's Rose Center for
Earth and Space. Upward of 5 million
visitors yearly see and touch its rough,
deeply pitted surface.
The meteorite is
also revered by the Confederated Tribes
of the Grand Ronde, which produced
evidence four years ago indicating that
Clackamas Indians knew the meteorite as
"Tomanowos," or "Heavenly
Visitor." They even dipped their
hunting arrows in water collected in its
crevices for good luck.
The two sides
reached a landmark settlement allowing
the museum to keep the meteorite
provided that tribal members hold annual
ceremonial visits.
Soder hopes to
bring the same recognition to West Linn,
by commissioning a New York artist to
create a full-size replica of the
meteorite.
The West Linn
Chamber of Commerce agrees and has begun
a campaign to raise $25,000.
Soder said that
future generations need to know the
story of the space rock and its
discoverer.
"Imagine it.
Thrust out of an exploding planet,
traveling at 60 miles per second at
9,000 degrees, spewing molten iron as it
flies," she said. It's something I
just get thrilled about."
Copyright 2004 The Associated Press.
All rights reserved.
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Meteor, right?
By Josh Grossberg, Daily Breeze
It traveled for millions of years across the
vast emptiness of space, entered the Earth's
atmosphere at speeds 50 times faster than a
bullet and could be worth up to $20,000.
Either that or it's just a rock.
All the Patel brothers know is that they heard
an odd noise in the middle of the night and
the next morning, there was a strange mineral
formation in the parking lot of their Redondo
Beach inn, named, appropriately enough, the
Starlite Motel.
Now, after doing some research on the
Internet, they're fairly certain the
golf-ball-sized, pock-marked object with
copper specks is a visitor from outer space.
"I was sweeping and I saw it,"
Dinesh Patel said. "At first I thought it
was a rock, and was going to put it in the
trash. But it was too heavy."
The brothers were sound asleep early Tuesday
at their hotel on Pacific Coast Highway when
they were both startled awake by a loud noise.
Narish Patel described it as a "zzzzz"
sound, while Dinesh Patel said it resembled a
"car squeaking against a wall."
Apparently nobody else heard it, or at least,
they didn't contact the Redondo Beach police,
which received no calls, Sgt. Phil Keenan
said.
It could take months of testing to determine
exactly what the brothers found. But after
looking at a photograph of their prize, two
meteorite experts said it is certainly
possible that they found what they think they
found.
"I can't rule it out," said
meteorite dealer Michael Blood. Blood said
that if it's real, the find would be
especially rare because the brothers heard and
found the meteorite where it landed, something
that has happened only a few thousand times in
history. Worth thousands -- maybe And if it
came from the moon or Mars, the Patels would
really have hit the celestial jackpot.
"If it's lunar or Martian, it could be
worth a couple thousand dollars a gram,"
Blood said of the rock that weighs about 20
grams. "But the greatest likelihood is
it's common chondrite."
In which case, the entire stone would be worth
maybe a couple hundred bucks.
On Wednesday afternoon, the Internet site ebay.com
had 18 purported meteorites for sale, ranging
in price from $6.99 to $1,000.
Who would spend so much on so little? Very few
people, it turns out.
"It's a very intense industry that's very
small," Blood said. "My estimate is
there are 3,000 to 6,000 collectors in the
world. Maybe much less." Blood said that
Meteorite Magazine, the bible of the field,
has a circulation of about 1,000.
The allure of meteorites -- which are meteors
that reach the Earth intact -- is their
otherworldliness.
"There's nothing else you can put in your
hand and look at that's from out of the
world," Blood said. "They come from
countless millions of miles away.
I've spent hundreds of hours looking for
them and found only one. These things are hard
to come by."
Alan Rubin, a research geochemist at the
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics
at UCLA, was less optimistic than Blood.
"It doesn't look very promising,"
said Rubin, who earned a Ph.D. studying
meteors. "If it's a meteorite, it's very
unusual."
Tests will offer the answer Still, he said,
tests would need to be conducted to be sure.
"The texture is unlike any meteorite I've
seen, but there's always a chance," he
said. "I can't rule it out."
If the find turns out to be something common,
it wouldn't be the first time someone saw
space stuff on the ground.
"I had a woman drive hundreds of miles
and show up in my driveway with a truck full
of rocks," Blood said. "They hear
that a lunar meteorite sells for $1,000 a gram
and then they find a rock and think they're
rich."
New Martian meteorite found in
Antarctica
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- A meteorite from Mars
has been discovered in Antarctica, one of only
about 30 known Martian space rocks on
Earth.
"We've gotten something like 13,000
meteorites from Antarctica and this is only
the sixth one from Mars," Timothy McCoy,
curator of meteorites at the Smithsonian
Institution, said by telephone on Wednesday.
The rest of the known Martian meteorites on
this planet were found outside Antarctica,
McCoy said by telephone. What makes this rock
special is its comparatively large size, he
said: "It's a 700 gram rock (about 1.5
pounds) but by meteorite standards it's a
mountain of material."
Scientists can do effective work on amounts as
little as one-thousandth of a gram, McCoy
said.
At this point, there is no suggestion that the
new meteorite -- discovered December 15, 2003,
on an ice field some 466 miles (750 km) from
the South Pole -- bears any evidence of
possible microscopic fossilized life. Some
scientists believe an earlier meteorite found
in Antarctica and publicly unveiled in 1996
bore such signs; it is still being
investigated. The new Martian meteorite was
found as part of a cooperative effort funded
by NASA and supported by the National Science
Foundation. Smithsonian scientists said they
can establish the origin of the Martian
meteorites by their mineralogy, texture and
oxidized nature.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/07/22/space.meteorite.reut/index.html
XTRAMSN News
Today In New Zealand News
Sky Lights Up For NZ Post Pilots
/08-03-2004 05:40 PM
NewstalkZB
There have been sightings of a meteor streaking its way across the upper South
Island and lower North Island. Reports have come in from
North Canterbury and Buller on the West Coast.
A New Zealand Post plane spotted the show of lights just north of Wellington at
about 1.50am. Sergeant Andrzej Kowalczyk says the
pilots of the plane describe seeing a bright white and green light that lit up
the cockpit as if it were daylight.
The pilots established that the meteor had crashed into the sea somewhere off
the east coast of the lower North Island.
Copyright 2003 Newstalk ZB News.
Fireball Hits Mountainside
In Wales, UK - News Blackout
From Phil
8-2-4
We are presently receiving info from eyewitnesses on the ground. So far,there
appears to be a complete news blackout.
Email #1
A huge fireball lit up the night sky over Cardiff in Wales UK on Friday night.
Four hours later, at 2:45 am Saturday 31st July 2004 a second object impacted a
remote hillside near Cwmaman in Aberdere, Wales. Witnesses say the impact lit up
the sky and a huge explosion shook all the houses in the area.
Three fires were seen burning on the hillside and it was soon covered with
police and firemen with torches.
Despite an obvious large presence of the local authorities who cordoned off the
area, subsequent enquiries to the police and the fire brigade have been met with
denial of any events that night.
Police claim that there is no record on their computer of anything happening
that night. The mystery deepens. More info to follow in due course!
#2
I have just received a report back from friends who tried to reach the
cordoned-off area at the impact site. They said... "The event happened at
the very top of the hill. Late tonight 9.15pm Sunday, we were close to the spot,
but it is a bit inaccessible. There were sounds of very heavy equipment moving
about very close. Sounded like bulldozers? No further info from other sources
yet.
Will give you a bell after 8.00 tomorrow (Mon)" The lack of info from
Police, Fire Dept or press is puzzling! If I get more info, I will relay it to
you as soon as possible. Many thanks, Phil.
#3
Sorry, I forgot to answer your question. There is no URL as yet. This incident
was reported to me by somebody who lives at the foot of the hillside and about a
mile away. The terrain is very steep and overgrown. This explosion shook his
house. He phoned the incident in at 2:45 am.
A local skywatcher saw an enormous meteorite go over at 11:45 pm which lit up
the entire sky. (3 hours before the event) He phoned back soon after to say that
three large fires were burning at the top of the hill and there were lots of
people with torches making their way up the hillside. On going to investigate he
was turned back by the Fire Brigade who had closed the road.
The puzzling thing is that although the fire fighters were there, the
authorities refuse to admit anything happened. Same with the media. Local Radio,
newspapers, TV all claim to know nothing about it. My friends are pursuing this
and will get back to me later today.
Many thanks,
Phil.
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Officials:
Fireball seen on southern horizon likely a meteor
OKLAHOMA CITY -- A large meteor may have been what residents in Oklahoma, Texas,
Louisiana and parts of the south-central United States saw Wednesday night,
officials said.
The National Weather Service said it had received numerous reports of a
fireball in the sky around 9:30 p.m. from central and southwestern Oklahoma to
northern Texas and other parts of the South.
Mike Berry, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in
Shreveport, La., said he fielded about 20 calls from people asking about the
mysterious light. The Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office in northeast Louisiana
reported around five calls and forwarded them to the weather office.
After discussions with the Department of Homeland Security's Federal
Emergency Management Agency, the weather service said officials concluded that
what residents saw was likely a large meteor.
John Clabes, a regional spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration,
said there were no reports of missing aircraft in the area.
In Tulsa, John Southern said he saw what he thought was an airplane on
fire while driving near U.S. 75 in Tulsa.
"It looked like an airplane going down in flames really hard or fast
_ or space debris," said Southern, a freelance photographer. "It was
coming from a southwesterly direction."
When he got a closer look, he saw that the object had a definite central
mass.
"This was just like a blob," Southern said. "I wouldn't say
it was a UFO, but I don't know. I thought surely something had happened."
Southern said the object flew to the southeast before he lost sight of it.
"It was just a flash in the pan. It was over in about three
seconds," he said.
A similar phenomenon occurred Dec. 1, 2001, when residents in Oklahoma,
Texas and Nebraska witnessed space debris breaking up as it entered the
atmosphere.
Witnesses reported seeing long streaks of light moving across the sky and
breaking into about 30 "little balls with tails."
Copyright 2004 Associated Press. All rights reserved
Woman 'hit by meteorite'
8/18/2004
A great-grandmother is believed to have
become the first person in the country to
have been hit by a meteorite. Pauline Aguss,
76, was hanging out washing in her garden in
Lowestoft, Suffolk, when a walnut-size rock
struck her arm causing a small, deep gash.
Her husband Jack, 77, found the chunk of
brown metallic rock on the grass and is to
send it for analysis. If it is confirmed to
be a meteorite, then Mrs Aguss will go down
as the first person in Britain to be struck
by one.
The rock fell last week when the annual
perseid meteorite shower from the asteroid
belt between Jupiter and Mars was at its
peak. The last known victim of a meteorite
was a dog in Egypt, killed when it was
struck on the head.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/08/18/nmeteor18.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/08/18/ixhome.html
Mon Oct 11 10:55:00 2004 Pacific Time
CU-Boulder Researchers to Analyze
Meteorite That Fell Outside Berthoud, Colo.
BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 11 (AScribe
Newswire) -- University of Colorado at Boulder researchers will scientifically
analyze a meteorite that fell outside Berthoud, Colo., last week, only the fifth
to ever have been seen falling and subsequently recovered in Colorado, experts
say.
The meteorite weighs more than 2
pounds and is about as large as a baseball, although it is irregular in shape.
It appears to be made of igneous rock and is melted on its surface from the heat
of entering the atmosphere. The meteorite probably broke off an asteroid or
planetary body.
"Its igneous composition reveals
that it was chipped off an asteroid large enough to undergo some form of
volcanic activity," said Nick Schneider, associate professor of
astrophysical and planetary sciences.
Megan and John Whiteis of Berthoud,
and Megan's son, Casper, provided the meteorite to aerospace engineering
sciences assistant professor Scott Palo for scientific analysis after they saw
it land in their backyard. The couple had just walked out their back door into
the yard at 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 5, when the meteorite flew over their heads and
landed about 100 feet ahead of them.
Megan's mother, Marilyn Meador,
contacted the National Center for Atmospheric Research and spoke with Dr. Maura
Hagan who emailed Palo. Palo is an expert in radio meteors -- the study of
ionized meteor trails in the upper atmosphere using radio waves. Palo spent the
next few days putting together a team of scientists interested in helping to
analyze the specimen. The team includes:
- Jack Murphy, curator emeritus of
the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, who is writing a book on Colorado
meteorites
- Chris Peterson, of Cloudbait
Observatory, a Colorado fireball observation network in Guffey, Colo., who is
working to reconstruct the trajectory and orbit of the meteorite using
infrasound and observations
- Assistant Professor Stephen Mojzsis
of the CU-Boulder department of geological sciences
- Associate Professor Nick Schneider
of the CU-Boulder department of astrophysical and planetary sciences and the
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP)
- Doug Duncan, director of Fiske
Planetarium
The first scientific test will
measure gamma rays being emitted by the meteorite. It is likely the test will be
performed at NASA's Johnson Space Center later this week. Because this is a
fresh fall, the volatile chemical species can be measured. Analysis of the rare
gasses and gamma ray emissions will provide information about the size and
history of the meteorite before it entered the Earth's atmosphere.
Analysis of the meteorite trajectory
and orbit also will be conducted in an effort to learn where this meteorite
originated. Over the past 7 years to 10 years, a surprising number of fireballs
have been observed during the first week of October. Scientists have little
understanding about the source of the fireballs but the Berthoud meteorite could
provide a wealth of information about these recent events. The possibility of
tracking a meteorite back to its place of origin in the asteroid belt is a rare
opportunity. Researchers are asking the public to report any fireball sightings
in the sky during October in order to help determine the meteorite's trajectory
and point of origin. Fireball sightings can be reported by going to
www.cloudbait.com.
Residents of Berthoud also are asked
to keep their eyes open for any rocks that appear unusual with a smooth, black,
shiny crust. People who find objects they think may be a meteorite should
contact Jack Murphy at (000)-000-0000.
Discoverers Megan and John Whiteis
have expressed their keen interest in making the Berthoud meteorite available
for educational purposes. Until needed for scientific analysis, the meteorite
will be displayed and discussed in CU classrooms and at Fiske Planetarium. CU
faculty will work with local K-12 educators and the discoverers to bring the
excitement and importance of the Berthoud meteorite to schools and museums
around the state.
Viewing times at Fiske will be posted
at www.colorado.edu/fiske and requests for class visits should be made to
Suzanne Traub-Metlay at 303-492-4073.
----
CONTACTS: Scott Palo, 303-492-4289
CU-Boulder News Services -- Jim
Scott, 303-492-3114, or Carol Rowe, 303-492-7426
METEORITE FACT SHEET
CU-Boulder, Oct. 11, 2004
A meteoroid is a small object -
generally smaller than the size of a pebble - and usually comes from asteroids,
the moon, comets or Mars.
Thousands of meteorites fall to Earth
each year. Meteorites generally become visible at about 60 miles from the ground
due to the intense heating from striking the atmosphere at speeds of at least
20,000 mph. Only the largest meteors are bright enough to see in the daytime
sky.
The average weight of a shooting
star, or meteor, in the sky is less than one ounce -- about the size of a pea or
smaller. Larger meteors that hit the ground become meteorites by definition.
Most meteors decay into dust in the atmosphere and never make contact with
Earth's surface.
The largest known meteorite is a
70-ton specimen still embedded in the ground in Grootfontein in southwest
Africa. The largest meteorite ever found in the United States is the Willamette
meteorite, which was found in Oregon and weighs about 15 tons.
Fireballs are defined as any meteor
that is brighter than Venus in the night sky. The appearance of a fireball is
often followed by a sonic boom.
A meteorite generally is named for
the locale, region or town where it was found.
Meteorites generally are classified
into three categories: Stony, iron and stony-iron. Only about 10 per cent of the
meteorites that reach Earth are "iron meteorites." Iron meteorites are
rare because they typically become buried upon impact. Of the 75 meteorites that
have been recovered in Colorado, 14 are iron.
Stone meteorites can be divided into
chondrite and achondrite types. Chondrites contain chondrules, tiny, spherical
blobs of silicates from the earliest solar system formation which pre-date
planetary formation.
Achondrite meteorites, like the one
recently discovered near Berthoud, Colo., make up about 7 percent of all known
meteorites. Achondrite meteorites are made from chondritic material that was
melted and re-crystalized while still on or within its parent solar system body.
Achondrite meteorites may be pieces
of planets and moons ejected during impacts or collisions eons ago and may have
traveled through the solar system for millions of years. The now-famous Allan
Hills meteorite from Mars was discovered in 1998 in Antarctica and continues to
be controversial since some scientists believe it contains microscopic evidence
for life.
1-4-05
http://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?S=2765977&nav=51s7Upjw
Fiery Object Shoots Across Wisconsin Sky
Many people called Action 2 News to let us
know about a strange sight in the sky
Tuesday night.
Calls came from all over -- especially
Brown, Oconto, and Shawano counties.
Callers described what they saw around 6:15
p.m. as a large, red- and green-colored
glowing ball with a tail, shooting through
the sky.
Lincoln County authorities report it may
have crashed into a wooded area there in
northcentral Wisconsin. Witnesses said they
heard a loud explosion then saw a fire in
the woods. Deputies were out there late
Tuesday night trying to find where the
object might have struck.
The FAA reports the object was likely a
meteorite.
Skywatchers treated with fiery meteors
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
-- Richard L. Hill
Fireballs -- large meteors that are a rare treat in fall's typically
cloudy weather -- have been spotted streaking across the Oregon sky in the past
two weeks.
Dick Pugh, a meteor expert with with the Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory at
Portland State University, said he received reports from surprised eyewitnesses
of fireballs Oct. 30 and Monday evening.
A Beaverton man reported seeing Monday's fireball at 7:16 p.m. It lasted
about four seconds and was nearly the diameter of a full moon.
"He said it moved from the northwest to the southwest and ended up
looking like a dumbbell," which indicates it probably was breaking up, Pugh
said.
The fireballs are part of the annual Taurid meteor shower, which is caused
by the Earth passing through debris shed by comet Encke. The tiny dust grains
make white-hot streaks of light as they slam into the atmosphere at 65,000 mph.
The normally unremarkable Taurid shower is putting on a good show this
year, with Earth apparently going through a debris area with unusually large
particles.
The meteors are called Taurids because they seem to originate in the
constellation Taurus, which rises in the east around sunset and is nearly
overhead by midnight.
Pugh said just as the Taurid shower is fading, one of the year's better
meteor showers -- the Leonids -- will peak next week.
Anyone spotting a fireball can contact Pugh at 503-287-6733.-- Richard L.
Hill
1,400-Pound Meteorite Found In Kansas
Rare Find Is Largest Ever Found In U.S.
POSTED: 2:50 pm EST November 10, 2005
A man digging in Kansas found a 1,400-pound pallasite meteorite -- the largest
ever discovered in the United States.
Steve Arnold, who is a professional meteorite hunter, said he found the
rare stony-iron pallasite meteorite on a farm near Haviland.
"It's a gorgeous museum-quality specimen," Arnold said.
Arnold used special metal-detecting equipment to find it and needed a
backhoe to get it out of the ground.
Pallasite meteorites are considered so rare that estimates show they
account for only 1 percent of all meteorites on Earth.
The meteorite may be worth as much as $12 million, according to a Kansas
City television station.
Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
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| Japan’s
Asteroid Probe Cleared For Landing Attempt
By
Leonard
David
Senior Space Writer
posted:
11 November 2005
10:37 am ET
|
Japan’s
Hayabusa spacecraft is on track to attempt a sampling of asteroid Itokawa on
November 19.
In
a rescheduled practice run on November 9, the craft has approached within 230
feet (70 meters) of the asteroid during a descent test that verified the
probe’s guidance and navigation functions.
Engineers
handling the Hayabusa spacecraft have clarified the issues that led to the
cancellation of a November 4 landing rehearsal. An onboard navigation computer
detected anomalous information during the practice run. The problem resulted
in an abort command being transmitted to the probe by Earth controllers,
thereby stopping the rehearsal. Subsequently, the spacecraft fired its
chemical engines and started ascent, backing away from the asteroid.
Mission
officials are now prepared to carry out a landing at the “Muses Sea” site,
performing sampling tasks on both November 19 and another touchdown on
November 25, according to the web site of the Institute of Space and
Astronautical Science (ISAS), a space science research division arm of the
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
Return
samples
Hayabusa
is now ready for its historic attempt to gather and return asteroid specimens
to Earth.
Imagery
taken by Hayabusa has been used to target the craft to a touchdown location on
asteroid Itokawa. One newly released image shows the shadow of the spacecraft
cast upon the asteroid’s surface.
Japan’s
Hayabusa roared off into space from Japan’s Kagoshima Space Center on May 9,
2003. The spacecraft arrived at its asteroid target on September 12 of this
year.
Not
only is Hayabusa equipped to collect samples of the asteroid for return to
Earth. A tiny robot will hop about Itokawa and relay pictures from the space
rock’s surface.
Plans
call for the probe’s return capsule carrying asteroid specimens to return to
Earth in June 2007, landing by parachute in a remote desert spot in Woomera,
Australia.
The second Asteroid named after Romany figure 9.
11. 2005
A recently-discovered asteroid in the Taurus constellation is likely to be named
after a Bulgarian folk singer AZIS. The asteroid, temporarily been called 2005
UT12, was spotted in the Taurus constellation by Bulgarian astronomers with the
help of scientis from Spain and UK."We want to name the asteroid after the
folk singer Azis, who is quite famous here." a spokesperson for the
Bulgarian scientific team explained.
Azis gained his
popularty as a folk singer. His real name is Vasco. He has performed a number of
popular songs, including 'I won't', 'Car serviceman', 'You don't know',
'Nobody's able', and others. Azis is also a political campaigner for the rights
of the minority Roma population. The past summer Azis attracted extra attention
by running for an MP post in the general elections' but didn't receive enough
votes to become a Member of the Parliament. Azis is also considered a bit
controversial figure in traditional Bulgaria, with his openly-homosexual ways.
According to information we have obtained so far, Azis has not yet commented on
this proposal. If he approves of the idea this will be the second asteroid that
has been named after a Romany figure. The first one is a small planet n.17 611,
which was spotted in 1995 and is orbiting between Mars and Jupiter. It was named
‘Jozkakubik‘ on 9rd of March 2001 dedicated to rememberance of a Romany
violinist Jožka Kubík (1907 – 1978) from Hrubá Vrbka, a village near Hodonín
in the Czech Republic.
(Dzeno Association)
The Three Days'
Darkness
The Coming Chastisement of the World
EXCERPTS
The wind will carry
with it poisonous gases
which will be diffused over the entire earth.
.
These Godless and wicked
people shall be destroyed without mercy,
as were the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorra of old.
Yes, I tell you their wickedness was not as great
as that of our human race today!
.
Tell My people to be
prepared at all times,
for My judgment shall come upon them suddenly
and when least expected.
.
Hurricanes of fire will pour forth from the clouds and spread over the
entire earth!
Storms, bad weather, thunderbolts and earthquakes will cover the earth
for two days.
An uninterrupted rain of fire
will take place! It will
begin on during a very cold night.
All this is to prove that God is the Master of Creation.
.
But in three nights, the earthquake and fire will cease.
Revealed by Our Lord to
Padre Pio of Pietrelcina
Preliminary Remarks
Translation of a copy of a personal letter written by Padre Pio
addressed to the Commission of Heroldsbach appointed by the Vatican
which testifies to the truth and reality of these revelations given by
Our Lord to Padre Pio, a Capuchin priest who bore the stigmata. (May
25, 1887-September 23, 1968).
The Three Days' Darkness
NEW YEAR'S EVE 1949 - My son, My son, I have been longing for this
hour in which I again shall reveal to you the great love of My heart. My
love for man is very great, especially for those who give themselves
to Me. They are My refuge and My
consolation in the many and terrible irreverences which I receive in
the Sacrament of My love.
Pray and make reparation to Me. Admonish others to do the same because
the time is near at hand in which I shall visit my unfaithful people
because they have not heeded the time of My grace. Persevere in
prayer, so that your adversary shall have no dominion over you. Tell
My people to be prepared at all times,
for My judgment shall come upon them suddenly and when least expected
- and not one shall
escape My hands, I shall find them all! I shall protect the just.
Watch the sun and moon and the stars of the Heavens-when they appear
to be unduly disturbed and restless, know that the day is not far
away. Stay united in prayer and watching until the angel of
destruction has passed your doors. Pray that these days will be
shortened.
My beloved, have confidence. I am in the midst of you. My Kingdom
shall be glorified and My Name shall be blessed from the rising of the
sun unto the setting thereof; and to My Kingdom there shall be no end.
JANUARY 23, 1950 - Pray! Make reparation! Be fervent and practice
mortifications. Great things are at stake! Pray! Men are running
toward the abyss of Hell in great rejoicing and merry-making, as
though they were going to a masquerade ball or the wedding feast of
the devil himself! Assist Me in the salvation of souls. The measure of
sin is filled! The day of
revenge, with its terrifying happenings is near -- nearer then you can
imagine! And the world is seeping in false security! The
Divine Judgment shall strike them like a thunderbolt!
These Godless and wicked people shall be destroyed without mercy,
as were the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorra of old.
Yes, I tell you their wickedness was not as great
as that of our human race today!
JANUARY 28, 1950 - Keep your windows well covered. Do not look out.
Light a blessed candle, which will suffice for many days. Pray the
Rosary. Read spiritual books. Make acts of Spiritual Communion, also
acts of love, which are so
pleasing to Us. Pray with outstretched arms, or prostrate on the
ground, in order that many souls may be saved. Do not go outside the
house. Provide yourself with sufficient food. The powers of nature
shall be moved and a rain of fire shall make people tremble with fear.
Have courage! I am in the midst
of you.
FEBRUARY 7, 1950 - Take care of
the animals during these days. I am the creator and preserver of
animals as well as man. I shall give you a few signs beforehand, at
which time you should place more food before them. I will preserve the
property of the elect, including the animals, for they shall be in
need of sustenance afterwards as well. Let no one go across the yard,
even to feed the animals-he who
steps outside will perish! Cover
your windows carefully. My elect shall not see My wrath. Have
confidence in Me, and I will be your protection. Your
confidence obliges Me to come to your aid.
The hour of My coming is
near! But I will show mercy. A most dreadful punishment will bear
witness to the times. My angels, who are to be the executioners of
this work, are ready with their pointed swords! They will take special
care to annihilate all those who mocked Me and would not believe in My
revelations.
Hurricanes of fire will pour forth from the clouds and spread over the
entire earth! Storms, bad weather, thunderbolts and earthquakes will
cover the earth for two days. An uninterrupted rain of fire will take
place! It will begin on during a very cold night. All this is to prove
that God is the Master of Creation.
Those who hope in Me, and
believe in My words, have nothing to fear because I will not forsake
them, nor those who spread My message. No harm will come to those who
are in the stated of grace and who seek My mother's protection.
That you may be prepared for these visitations, I will give you the
following signs and instructions: The
night will be very cold. The wind will roar. After a time thunderbolt
will be heard. Lock all the
doors and windows. Talk to no one outside the house. Kneel down before
a crucifix, be sorry for your sins, and beg My Mothers protection. Do
not look during the earthquake, because the anger of God is holy!
Jesus does not want us to behold the anger of God, because God's anger
must be contemplated with fear and trembling.
Those who disregard this advice will be killed instantly.
The wind will carry with it
poisonous gases which will be diffused over the entire earth.
Those who suffer and die
innocently will be martyrs and they will be with Me in My Kingdom.
Satan will triumph! But in three nights, the earthquake and fire will
cease. On the following day the sun will shine again, angels will
descend from Heaven and will spread the spirit of peace over the
earth. A feeling of immeasurable gratitude will take possession of
those who survive this most terrible ordeal, the impending punishment,
with which God will visit the earth since creation.
I have chosen souls in other countries too, such as Belgium,
Switzerland, Spain, who have received these revelations so that other
countries also may be prepared. Pray Rosary, but pray it well, so that
your prayers may reach Heaven. Soon
a more terrible catastrophe shall come upon the entire world, such as
never before has been witnessed, a terrible chastisement never before
experienced!
How unconcerned men are
regarding these things! Which shall so soon come upon them, contrary
to all expectations. How indifferent they are in preparing themselves
for these unheard of events, through which they will have to pass so
shortly!
The weight of Divine balance has reached the earth! The wrath of My
Father shall be poured out over the entire world! I am again warning
the world through your instrumentality, as I have so often done
heretofore.
The sins of men have multiplied beyond measure: irreverence in Church,
sinful pride committed in sham religious activities, lack of true
brotherly love, indecency in dress, especially at summer resorts . . .
The world is filled with iniquity.
This catastrophe shall come upon the earth like a flash of lightning! At
which moment the light of the morning sun shall be replaced by black
darkness! No one shall
leave the house or look out a window from that moment on. I Myself
shall come amidst thunder and lightning. The wicked shall behold My
Divine Heart.
There shall be great confusion because of this utter darkness in which
the entire earth shall be enveloped, and many, many shall die from
fear and despair.
Those who shall fight for My cause shall receive grace from My Divine
Heart; and the cry: "WHO IS LIKE UNTO GOD!" shall serve as a
means of protection to many. However, many shall burn in the open
fields like withered grass!
The Godless shall be annihilated, so that afterwards
the just shall be able
to start afresh.
On that day, as soon as complete
darkness has set in, no one shall leave the house or look from out of
the window. The darkness shall a day and a night followed by another
day and night, and another day-but on the night following, the stars
will shine again, and on the
next morning the sun shall rise again, and it will be SPRINGTIME!!
In the days of darkness, My
elect shall not sleep, as did the disciples in the garden of olives.
They shall pray incessantly, and they shall not be disappointed in Me.
I shall gather My elect. Hell will believe itself to be in possession
of the entire earth, but I shall reclaim it.
- Ruby Fire: the
Greatest Love Purging All that is less than Love -CR
Do you, perhaps, think that I would
permit My Father to have such terrible chastisements come upon the
world, if the world would turn from iniquity to justice? But
because of My great love, these afflictions shall be permitted to come
upon man. Although many
shall curse Me, yet thousands of souls shall be saved through them. No
human understanding can fathom the depth of My love!
Pray! Pray! I desire your prayers. My dear Mother Mary, Saint Joseph,
Saint Elizabeth, Saint Conrad, Saint Michael, Saint Peter and the
little Therese, Your Holy Angels, shall be your intercessors. Implore
their aid! Be courageous soldiers of Christ! At the return of light,
let everyone give thanks to the Holy Trinity for their protection!
The devastation shall be very
great!
But I, your God, will
have purified the earth. I am with you, have confidence!
Again and again I have warned men, and often have I given them special
opportunities to return to the right path; but now, wickedness has
reached its climax, and the punishment can no longer be delayed. Even
though My Heart does suffer and bleed, yet for My Name's sake, I must
deal this blow. Tell all that the time has come in which these things
shall be fulfilled.
###
THIS IS THE OTHER SIDE OF CHRIST one seldom hears about these days. He
is formidable if one is His enemy. But we who love Him have nothing to
fear! He will protect His own!
As for the time read: Math. 24: 43-44.
God will NOT be mocked forever!
###
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Giant meteor sails
over Saguaro Lake
Senta Scarborough
and JJ Hensley
The Arizona Republic
Oct. 2, 2006 10:48 AM
Residents who saw a ball of fire in the sky late Sunday
evening near Saguaro Lake witnessed a giant meteor, officials
said.
Phoenix and Scottsdale police and Rural/Metro Fire Department
dispatchers received calls from residents reporting a plane
going down in "a ball of fire." Another caller reported seeing
a meteor.
"It was a large ball of flame," Rural/Metro Fire Department
spokeswoman Alison Cooper said. "It was very large. It was
seen as far as Washington state."
Kip and Valerie Wachter saw the fireball pass over their heads
about 10:15 Sunday evening as they walked north of Pinetop.
"The colors were a bright green, red, white. The size was
about three times wider than its length. It seemed to emanate
a low, soft swishing sound as it passed overhead," the
Wachters wrote in an e-mail to The Republic.
Steve Kates, a Chandler resident and science journalist known
as "Dr. Sky," said that description, particularly the noise,
was consistent with meteoric activity.
Most meteors visible on earth occur high in the atmosphere and
these "shooting stars" are about the size of a grain of dust,
said Jeffrey Hall, associate director at the Lowell
Observatory in Flagstaff.
"The great majority are these tiny particles moving through
the atmosphere at a high rate of speed," Hall said. "Larger
ones tend to be moving more slowly and produce a much larger
trail through the sky."
Between 10 and 50 meteor events occur over the Earth each day,
according to the American Meteor Society, with the vast
majority happening over oceans and out of eyesight. Meteors
lose mass and decelerate as they enter the atmosphere, with
only the largest slamming into the Earth and forming a crater.
Scientists think the Barringer Crater, near Winslow, was
formed by an iron meteor about 50,000 years ago.
Kates said a meteorite the size of a human fist could have
created the light show West Coast residents witnessed Sunday
night.
Rural/Metro responded to the north side of Saguaro Lake but
found no sign of damage or destruction from a plane crash,
Cooper said. Witnesses reported seeing the meteor travel from
southwest to northeast.
Hall said the meteor likely never made it to the ground.
"This is not like a mountain
coming into the atmosphere. It's more like the size of a
softball," Hall said. "Even something this bright probably
burned up completely in the atmosphere."
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1002brk-meteor1002-ON.html
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