BarnacleBob
03-27-2003, 11:26 AM
WE are now entering the debris field remaining after the Comet Neat passed by.......I expect many more observations such as the one reported below........
ABUS34 KCHI 270615 CCA
PNSCHI
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1208 AM CST THU MAR 27 2003
AT APPROXIMATELY 1150 PM CST SOME SORT OF EXTRA TERRESTRIAL OBJECT WAS OBSERVED TO LIGHT UP THE SKY AND BREAK INTO PIECES IN THE SKIES OVER NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. THIS WAS OBSERVED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. WE HAVE RECEIVED FURTHER REPORTS FROM NORTHWEST INDIANA OF PEOPLE REPORTING ASHES OR DUST FALLING FROM THE SKY AND
PERHAPS A SULFUR SMELL. AGAIN...WE SUSPECT THIS WAS EITHER SOME UNKNOWN DEBRIS FALLING OUT OF ORBIT OR A LARGE METEORITE BREAKING UP ON ENTRY INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.
KAPLAN
http://iwin2.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/il/public.html
ABUS34 KCHI 270857 CCA
PNSCHI
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
300 AM CST THU MAR 27 2003
...DEBRIS RECOVERED IN SOUTH SUBURBS...
WE HAVE RECEIVED WORD FROM THE PARK FOREST POLICE DEPARTMENT OF CONFIRMED IMPACT DAMAGE AND RECOVERY OF DEBRIS FROM THE OBJECT THAT BROKE UP IN A BRILLIANT FLASH ON ENTERING THE ATMOSPHERE JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT. A GRAY ASHEN COLORED OBJECT THE SIZE OF A 12 INCH SOFTBALL IS IN THEIR POSSESSION. THEY REPORT THAT AN OBJECT SOFTBALL SIZE PENETRATED THE ROOF OF A 2 STORY HOME AND CAME TO REST IN THE BEDROOM. ANOTHER PENETRATED THE OUTER ROOF OF A FIRE STATION. ONE PIECE CAME TO REST IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL STREET. THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO HOUSE SIDING AND CARS. THE RECOVERED SUBSTANCE WAS FOUND NOT TO BE RADIOACTIVE. PARK FOREST POLICE REPORT THAT THERE WAS ALSO DAMAGE IN STEGER. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF INJURIES.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOES NOT HAVE THE EXPERTISE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THIS WAS A METEORITE OR MAN MADE SPACE JUNK.
$$
KAPLAN
http://iwin2.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/il/public.html
ABUS34 KMLI 271413 CCA
PNSMLI
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-280600-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO OBJECT SIZE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
453 AM CST THU MAR 27 2003
...BRIGHT FLASH POSSIBLY DUE TO A METEORITE OR SPACE JUNK OBSERVED OVER OUR AREA JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT...
AROUND 1152 PM CDT LAST NIGHT...PERSONNEL AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES OBSERVED A BRIGHT FLASH OVERHEAD IN THE SKY. A SHERIFF/S DEPUTY FROM THE HENRY COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF/S DEPARTMENT ALSO REPORTED A BRIGHT FLASH. THESE FLASHES WERE POSSIBLY DUE TO A METEORITE OR SPACE JUNK ENTERING THE EARTH/S ATMOSPHERE.
REPORTS OF FLASHES WERE ALSO RECEIVED FROM CHICAGO...ST. LOUIS...AND LINCOLN ILLINOIS. PERSONNEL AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE NEAR CHICAGO ALSO OBSERVED AN OBJECT IN THE SKY BREAK UP INTO PIECES. REPORTS OF DAMAGE TO HOUSES AND VEHICLES WERE ALSO RECEIVED FROM PARK FOREST ILLINOIS...A SUBURB ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO. A SOFTBALL SIZED PIECE OF DEBRIS WAS ALSO RECOVERED IN PARK FOREST. IMPACTS FROM OTHER PIECES OF DEBRIS WERE ALSO REPORTED IN NORTHWEST INDIANA. AT THIS TIME...NO REPORTS OF INJURIES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE CHICAGO AREA OR NORTHWEST INDIANA.
ALSO AT THIS TIME...NO INJURIES OR REPORTS OF DAMAGE IN THE QUAD CITIES SERVICE AREA HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES.
$$
50
http://iwin2.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/il/public.html
ABUS34 KCHI 270615 CCA
PNSCHI
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1208 AM CST THU MAR 27 2003
AT APPROXIMATELY 1150 PM CST SOME SORT OF EXTRA TERRESTRIAL OBJECT WAS OBSERVED TO LIGHT UP THE SKY AND BREAK INTO PIECES IN THE SKIES OVER NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. THIS WAS OBSERVED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. WE HAVE RECEIVED FURTHER REPORTS FROM NORTHWEST INDIANA OF PEOPLE REPORTING ASHES OR DUST FALLING FROM THE SKY AND
PERHAPS A SULFUR SMELL. AGAIN...WE SUSPECT THIS WAS EITHER SOME UNKNOWN DEBRIS FALLING OUT OF ORBIT OR A LARGE METEORITE BREAKING UP ON ENTRY INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.
KAPLAN
http://iwin2.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/il/public.html
ABUS34 KCHI 270857 CCA
PNSCHI
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
300 AM CST THU MAR 27 2003
...DEBRIS RECOVERED IN SOUTH SUBURBS...
WE HAVE RECEIVED WORD FROM THE PARK FOREST POLICE DEPARTMENT OF CONFIRMED IMPACT DAMAGE AND RECOVERY OF DEBRIS FROM THE OBJECT THAT BROKE UP IN A BRILLIANT FLASH ON ENTERING THE ATMOSPHERE JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT. A GRAY ASHEN COLORED OBJECT THE SIZE OF A 12 INCH SOFTBALL IS IN THEIR POSSESSION. THEY REPORT THAT AN OBJECT SOFTBALL SIZE PENETRATED THE ROOF OF A 2 STORY HOME AND CAME TO REST IN THE BEDROOM. ANOTHER PENETRATED THE OUTER ROOF OF A FIRE STATION. ONE PIECE CAME TO REST IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL STREET. THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO HOUSE SIDING AND CARS. THE RECOVERED SUBSTANCE WAS FOUND NOT TO BE RADIOACTIVE. PARK FOREST POLICE REPORT THAT THERE WAS ALSO DAMAGE IN STEGER. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF INJURIES.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOES NOT HAVE THE EXPERTISE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THIS WAS A METEORITE OR MAN MADE SPACE JUNK.
$$
KAPLAN
http://iwin2.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/il/public.html
ABUS34 KMLI 271413 CCA
PNSMLI
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-280600-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO OBJECT SIZE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
453 AM CST THU MAR 27 2003
...BRIGHT FLASH POSSIBLY DUE TO A METEORITE OR SPACE JUNK OBSERVED OVER OUR AREA JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT...
AROUND 1152 PM CDT LAST NIGHT...PERSONNEL AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES OBSERVED A BRIGHT FLASH OVERHEAD IN THE SKY. A SHERIFF/S DEPUTY FROM THE HENRY COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF/S DEPARTMENT ALSO REPORTED A BRIGHT FLASH. THESE FLASHES WERE POSSIBLY DUE TO A METEORITE OR SPACE JUNK ENTERING THE EARTH/S ATMOSPHERE.
REPORTS OF FLASHES WERE ALSO RECEIVED FROM CHICAGO...ST. LOUIS...AND LINCOLN ILLINOIS. PERSONNEL AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE NEAR CHICAGO ALSO OBSERVED AN OBJECT IN THE SKY BREAK UP INTO PIECES. REPORTS OF DAMAGE TO HOUSES AND VEHICLES WERE ALSO RECEIVED FROM PARK FOREST ILLINOIS...A SUBURB ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO. A SOFTBALL SIZED PIECE OF DEBRIS WAS ALSO RECOVERED IN PARK FOREST. IMPACTS FROM OTHER PIECES OF DEBRIS WERE ALSO REPORTED IN NORTHWEST INDIANA. AT THIS TIME...NO REPORTS OF INJURIES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE CHICAGO AREA OR NORTHWEST INDIANA.
ALSO AT THIS TIME...NO INJURIES OR REPORTS OF DAMAGE IN THE QUAD CITIES SERVICE AREA HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES.
$$
50
http://iwin2.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/il/public.html