[AZ-Observing] Re: Almost put on impact alert

At 15:52 -0700 02/26/2004, Jones, Jack (AZ75) wrote:
>It was an 8mm movie to start out. It was over Yellowstone and there were
>lots of tourists/cameras at the ready. Try Oct 1972 S&T.
>
>Where to go first? Gary Kronk.
>
>http://comets.amsmeteors.org/meteors/1972.html
>
>2nd choice:
>
>http://www.cloudbait.com/science/fireballs.html
>
>Jack
>
>>
>>  Does anyone recall what issue of S&T  (many years ago) that had a
>>  daytime photo of an asteroid/meteor skimming the atmosphere and
>>  bouncing back into space. I was amazed at the photo. It showed this
>>  fiery mass zipping across the sky.
>>
>>  Jeff.


I did some digging and the July 1974 issue of "Sky & Telescope" has a 
cover photo of the daytime fireball. Pretty interesting.

Jeff
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