27 July 2009

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Albefeuille-Largarde. Météorite : « J'ai vu une lumière intense et ...

LaDépêche.fr - ‎Jul 21, 2009‎
Joël Dolez, astrophysicien à l'observatoire du Midi ne dit pas vraiment autre chose : « Il s'agit probablement d'une météorite ou de chondrites», ...

1 comment:

Lunar Meteorite * Hunter said...

David E, UK wrote,

"the original photograph was taken by a Welsh schoolboy and was reported by the BBC.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/3155928.stm

The picture made it on to Nasa's Astronomy Picture of the Day.

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap031001.html

Originally Nasa's caption indicated it was a meteoric fireball, but this was later corrected to be "an unusual airplane contrail".

No reports from the UK, that I'm aware of. Nor from my colleagues in Belgium.