On 4/22/2012 4:08 PM, michael wrote:
> Did anybody record the possible meteor explosion heard in central
> California?  I'm near 38 120 and I'm happy it didn't shatter our windows.
> It echoed up and down the Tuolumne river canyon for over 15 seconds.  I
> didn't record the time but it was around 0800 +/- PDT
>
> Some locals did see a trail then explosion.  Would be interesting to see if
> it recorded on any members seismo.  Sometimes these reports end up being a
> sonic boom but it didn't sound like one to me.
>
> Michael D
> Tuolumne, CA
>


Usually these things happen like 50 statute miles high.
Back in about 1978/79 my wife and I were at the
Velda Rose Drive in Theater Apache Junction looking south not long after
sundown and witnessed a spectacular exploding
Bolide which sent a cone of debris scattered over
a width East/West simultaneously of maybe 30 degrees at the horizon 
straight south of us. The pieces were visible right to the
ground level. Formed a nice little ice cream cone
in the sky with the ice cream hitting the Earth.
We never heard a thing.
I have seen a couple others since then,
One exploding straight overhead, Like a Firework,did not
hear a thing. Are you sure its not a military thing
from China Lake ? The Navy has a fighter school there
or so I understand.


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