U.S. Meteorite Hunters Go Bicoastal

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Meteorite hunter leaves southcentral Pa. empty handed
Famed meteorite hunter Steve Arnold is back in Arkansas after ending his active search for a meteor he believes fell earlier this month somewhere in southcentral Pennsylvania.
The York Dispatch - Jul 24 7:20 PM

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Elizabeth brothers' 2-week quest for meteorite frustrated
After two weeks of knocking on doors in York and even "a low and slow" look from the air at their primary target area, meteorite hunters Mike and Dave Antonelli threw in the towel.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Jul 20 10:02 PM

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U.S. Meteorite Hunters Go Bicoastal

Meteors, even bright ones, happen all the time. But every now and then a truly bright fireball is witnessed by so many people that the event makes the news. And, thanks to the speed and ubiquity of the Internet, such news travels fast.

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/50678607.html

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Meteorite search focuses on Lancaster County

Baltimore Sun - ‎

Odds are strongly in favor of notified locals finding pieces of the meteorite over the chances even professional meteorite hunters would have. ...

Meteor hunt isn't over yet Baltimore Sun

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Meteorite hunters seek help from locals

York Daily Record - Katharine Harmon - ‎

Two Hagerstown, Md. best friends and professional meteorite hunters refuse to give up in the search for the meteorite that was seen falling from the sky ...

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Meteorite Man asks blog posters' help

Baltimore Sun - ‎

"Meteorite Man" Steve Arnold is still looking for those key eyewitness reports that could point him toward any remnants of the July 6 Mason-Dixon Meteor ...

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MD/PA Meteor Brings Hunters to Our Area

ABC2 News - Joce Sterman - ‎12 hours ago‎

Now so-called meteorite hunters have flocked to our area. Some have used Hankey's picture to plot the meteor's course, hoping to find the remnants of a ...

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Treasure hunters search for meteorite
YORK, Pa., July 11 (UPI) -- Treasure hunters are searching Maryland and Pennsylvania for something they say might fetch a higher price than gold -- pieces of a meteorite.
UPI - Jul 10 10:37 PM

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Mission Meteor: In search of falling objects that buzzed York
Steve Arnold, a renowned meteorite hunter, came to York County on Wednesday in search of the meteorite that is believed to have flashed across the sky early Monday.
York Daily Record - 24 minutes ago

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Meteor's fall triggers cosmic treasure hunt

Baltimore Sun - Frank D. Roylance - ‎1 hour ago‎

Professional meteorite hunters and collectors are scrambling to track down, grab (or buy if they must) any pieces of the Mason-Dixon meteor that might have ... (more)

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Elizabeth twins embark on wild meteor chase

By Craig Smith
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Friday, July 10, 2009

Meteorite hunter Mike Antonelli didn't think the lights a Fayette County man saw would lead him to chase the ninth meteorite suspected of landing in Pennsylvania.

"He saw a light with a long tail — gold on the nose and green on the tail," said Antonelli, 41, of Elizabeth. "He saw the lights in the east and said ... (more)
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_633008.html

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Since the Pennsylvania meteor of July 6, 2009 I have been interested in learning more about audible meteor sounds and what we can learn from them. Here are some interesting readings:

Meteor Sounds

Meteoritics ... The best explanation for many of these simultaneous meteor sounds is offered by Colin Keay. ... Abnormal sounds produced by meteors is an ...
www.pibburns.com/catastro/metsound.htm - Cached
SPACE.com -- Scary Sounds of Meteors

Scientists puzzled by loud noises heard before large meteors are seen. ... apparent meteor before he saw it, since sound travels much ... Mystery meteor sound ...
space.com/scienceastronomy/generalscience/iridium_sound_000328.html - Cached
Meteor Sounds, Alaska Science Forum

Article about sounds associated with meteors impacting earth. ... If a person hears sounds while observing a meteor's descent, these can be used ...
www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF2/273.html - Cached

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Police Investigate Reports Of A Meteor In Md.

02:48 - Yesterday video.aol.com

It's not known exactly what happened. Kai Jackson reports.

video.aol.com

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Meteorite hunter says: Check security camera tapes

Maryland Weather-

Professional meteor hunter Steve Arnold is asking home and business owners in central Maryland and southern Pennsylvania to check their security tapes from early Monday morning for evidence of the meteor that scores of residents across the region have been reporting.

Most reader reports to this Blog put the time between 1:00 a.m. EDT and 1:15 a.m., July 6, with many focused on 1:08 - 1:10 a.m. ...

http://weblogs.marylandweather.com/2009/07/check_security_tapes_for_meteo.html

July 7, 2009

Meteor lights up Mid-Atlantic area's skies

Startled observers report brilliant flash, 'thunderous' sonic booms

By Frank D. Roylance Baltimore Sun reporter

July 7, 2009

Scores of people in Maryland and Pennsylvania who lingered outdoors into the early morning hours Monday were startled by the brilliant flash of a meteor that soared over the Mid-Atlantic states. ...

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bal-md.meteor07jul07,0,2101919.story

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Meteor creates sonic boom
People reported the noise after 1 a.m. Monday.
By TERESA ANN BOECKEL
Daily Record/Sunday News
Updated: 07/07/2009 07:02:42 AM EDT

Andy DeMoss and some friends were hanging around a campfire in New Park early Monday morning when the trees suddenly lit up and turned white.

They looked up and saw what at appeared to be a shooting star, said DeMoss,18, of East Hopewell Township.

But then they realized ...
http://ydr.inyork.com/ci_12764772

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Meteor explodes in sky over Baltimore

July 6, 11:13 AM
Baltimore Counties, and southern PA began
around 1am this morning. A flash of light and an explosion was heard in the sky. MEMA (Maryland's emergency Management Agency), NORAD and The National Weather Service was contacted, and can not confirm what was seen and heard. The best explanation was that a meteor exploded in the sky. ...
http://www.examiner.com/x-11224-Baltimore-Weather-Examiner~y2009m7d6-Meteor-explodes-in-sky-over-Baltimore

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Police Investigate Reports Of A Meteor In Md.

HARFORD COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) ―July 6, 2009

Click to enlarge It wasn't a bird. It wasn't a plane. So what shot across the sky in Harford and Cecil counties, causing a rumble that felt more like an explosion?...
http://wjz.com/seenon/meteor.2.1074217.html: photo by Mike`s AstroPhotos Blog:; http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/comets/meteor-over-baltimore/#comments

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'Fireball' May Have Been Caught On Security Camera

Large Boom, Flash Of Light Seen In Night Sky Likely A 'Fireball'

POSTED: 12:17 pm EDT July 6, 2009
UPDATED: 7:05 pm EDT July 7, 2009

WGAL TV- http://www.wgal.com/news/19966650/detail.html

YORK, Pa. -- A fireball that reportedly barreled across southern Pennsylvania skies early Monday morning may have been caught on tape.

VIDEO: 'Fireball' See What The Surveillance Camera Caught

IMAGES: Frame-By-Frame 'Fireball' Surveillance Images

Comments left read those reports here.

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updated posting- 24JUN2014 - Click Link-
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2014/06/june-24-1938-500-ton-meteorite-falls.html

Chicora Meteor

On June 24, 1938 a meteorite fell in the vicinity of Chicora,Pennsylvania. Named the "Chicora Meteor", the 450+ tonne meteor exploded approximately twelve miles above the Earth's surface. Only two fragments of the meteorite were found following initial investigations. They had masses 242g and 61g, and were discovered some miles short of the calculated point of impact of the main mass - which is yet to be found. Two more small fragments were found nearby in 1940.
Numerous reports of the Chicora Meteor mention that a cow was struck and injured by a falling stone; other accounts say that the cow was in fact killed by the stone.
The meteor was an olivine-hypersthene chondrite. Its remains were split between the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Institution.
The sound and light of the exploding meteor were initially mistaken for an explosion in the powder magazine at West Winfield, and was compared by investigators FW Preston, EP Henderson and James R Randolph as comparable to with the Halifax explosion of 1917 in destructive power. "If it had landed on Pittsburgh there would have been few survivors", they stated.^[3]
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicora,_Pennsylvania

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Meteorite hunter says: Check security camera tapes

Meteor lights up Mid-Atlantic area's skies

Startled observers report brilliant flash, 'thunderous' sonic booms

Meteor explodes in sky over Baltimore

Police Investigate Reports Of A Meteor In Md.

'Fireball' May Have Been Caught On Security Camera

Large Boom, Flash Of Light Seen In Night Sky Likely A 'Fireball'

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Chicora Meteor