Howdy all
I have found some interesting radar returns associated with the New
Jersey daytime bolide on 13 Nov 2021. I am sending this email as advance
notice that more information is coming, and to give as much time as possible
for others to start looking into the data. This is AMS event number 7611 for
2021:
https://fireballs.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/event/2021/7611
I believe the ground track in the AMS report is incorrect for two
reasons. One, if you look at the highest-confidence eyewitness reports with
directions turned on, you'll see that they are reporting a ground track much
further to the south. Two, if this event followed the AMS ground track then
there should have been many reports of sound in the NJ/NY area. There are none.
Also, go look at "NASA Meteor Watch" on Facebook. I can't link to it
here but they report a ground track much further south, terminating near Cape
May, NJ.
I found some very interesting radar returns near Cape May, THEN looked
at NASA Meteor Watch and found their ground track bullseyes the radar returns.
Furthermore, NASA Meteor Watch reports that this bolide matches the
expected speed and direction for a body originating from the Taurid meteor
shower which is currently active. These bodies originate from Comet Encke.
Therefore, this event may be a cometary-origin meteorite fall, from a known
comet no less.
At this point I have found signatures in data from two different
radars. I'm taking the unusual step of stopping my own analysis long enough to
spread this word. If you work with video, radar, seismometer data, or any
other form of meteorite fall research, I suggest you look closely at this event
and let's start a discussion.
Back to the data... I will put up a web page on this event on NASA
ARES' website ASAP.
Cheers,
Marc Fries
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