NUFORC Sighting 51300
Occurred: 2006-05-22 21:31 LocalReported: 2006-07-10 22:10 Pacific
Duration: 1+ minute
No of observers: 4
Location: Ladd, IL, USA
Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Left a trail
We saw a bright firball going WNW and it lasted for about a minute and a half befor it burned out and probably landed as a meteorite. We heard it wistle.
NUFORC Note:
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous. Meteors probably are rarely heard to give off a whistling sound. Usually, they generate a sonic boom, given that during most of the distance they cover in the atmosphere, they cover an hypersonic velocity. PD
Posted 2006-07-16
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