The Vancouver Island fireball of 1996 December 17

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Apr 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000jbaa..110...89t&link_type=abstract

Journal of the British Astronomical Association, vol.110, no.2, p.89-92

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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We have attempted to compute the track of the fireball seen over Vancouver Island, Canada, on the morning of 1996 December 17 by conducting in situ interviews of eye witnesses. The best solution has the fireball passing southwest over Comox and landing in the sea offshore from a point between Ucluelet and Tofino, although an impact on land cannot be ruled out. The uncertainty in the computed track coupled with the forested and mountainous terrain makes it unlikely that a ground search would result in successful recovery of a meteorite. The difficulties encountered in interviewing the numerous witnesses have led to the establishment of a network of volunteer interviewers for future occasions.

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