Fire in the Sky

Space rock puts Arkansan on cloud

Mark Minton
Arkansas Democrate-Gazette
Mon, 21 Nov 2005 12:00 UTC

Man hopes 1,430-pound meteorite will land him seven-figure payout

Bunch said he had spotted a meteor himself the other evening. It streaked across the sky while he was smoking a cigarette on his porch. Bunch, the breed of smalltown banker who wears overalls and rides a Harley-Davidson, has come to view such phenomena with new appreciation.

Kingston - When Steve Arnold heard that grapefruitsized meteorites were pelting a Chicago suburb two years ago, he rushed to the scene and stayed 44 days, meticulously plotting strike points and sweeping streets curb to curb with a detector fashioned from a magnet and broomstick.

He got some funny looks, but he left with 113 meteorites.

In the deserts of Oman on a similar excursion, Arnold and wife, Qynne, bounced over the sands in a Jeep looking for cosmic treasures. "We'd see a black spot on the horizon, and it would either be camel poop or a meteorite," Arnold said. They scooped up 151 of the rocks. Of the 6.4 billion people who live on Earth, no more than two dozen are full-time meteorite hunters. Arnold, 39, of Kingston, has been one since 1990, earning enough to finance his adventures and to sustain a rustic lifestyle for his family.

Sheriff's office investigating night sky phenomenon

Paola Farer
9news.com
Thu, 10 Nov 2005 12:00 UTC

Douglas County - 9News received numerous calls Thursday night about a bright light dropping across the southern sky.

The calls came in from the north and south Denver Metro area. One person from Fort Lupton wrote, "I saw a green glowing light in the southern sky. It looked like it was falling through layers of clouds. I did not see it hit the ground. The whole event took maybe one or two seconds to happen."

The reports started coming in around 8:30 p.m. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office said it planned on investigating the reports received from residents there.

Meteor shower startles Riverina residents

Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Thu, 10 Nov 2005 12:00 UTC

Some Riverina residents, in southern New South Wales, feared they had witnessed a plane crash early last night when they saw an apparent meteor shower. [...]

"Oh, there was a big ball of flame falling out of the sky ... it would have been about 6.30pm [AEDT] and would've been north, north-east of where we were. It didn't last very long, you had to be quick to see it," he said.

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