I asked if he had a time and the reply was Mon morn, though he may be able to get a better time. Floyd -----Original Message----- From: Joe [mailto:rs_joe@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 18:16 To: floyd@floydweaver.com Subject: Hi, You don't know me but I saw you were a member of a listserv that might be able to help me out. Is there any chance that the following stories have to do with any recent re-entries of satellites or "space junk"? I would think that a 4" piece of metal falling from orbit would go right through a car. The location of this event was at 1951 Hamburg St, Schenectady NY and the coordinates of where the debris were found are: (using http://www.geocode.com) Decimal Degrees Deg:Min:Sec Lat: 42.788198 42:47:17.513N Lon: -073.930149 73:55:48.536W Is there anyway you me out? I don't know where to begin looking for info on this subject. If you can't help me, could you forward this to the listserv you are on fo me? Thanks for your time. This was the news report on radio 810 WGY * F.A.A. - METAL NOT FROM PLANE * EVEYONE THOUGHT IT CAME FROM AN AIRPLANE....BUT THE F-A-A HAS NOW RULED THAT OUT. THE MYSTERIOUS INCIDENT HAPPENED ON MONDAY WHEN A CAR'S REAR WINDOW WAS SHATTERED BY A STRANGE, UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT. THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION HAS CONCLUDED THAT THE METAL THAT SMASHED THROUGH THE CAR AT CARMEN BODY WORKS IN ROTTERDAM DID NOT COME FROM A PASSING AIRPLANE AS HAD BEEN THOUGHT. F.A.A. OFFICALS HAVE PERFORMED A FEW TESTS ON THE METAL CHUNK, BUT STILL HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THE PIECE MAY HAVE COME FROM. This was the report from the times union (http://www.timesunion.com) Fallen chunk of metal an unsolved mystery Rotterdam -- Federal aviation investigators will decide today whether to ship the 4-by-4-inch chunk of metal that damaged a car Monday morning out of state after being unable to determine whether the piece came from an airplane. "We're going to bring this to a close ... at the local level,'' said Federal Aviation Administration spokesman James Peters, who is based in New York City. "If we're unable to make a determination that it is part of an aircraft, then we'll probably send it to an office in Washington state,'' where the agency's aircraft certification office is located. In an unusual accident Monday morning, a chunk of metal crashed through the window of a car slated for repairs at Carman Body Works on Hamburg Street. No one was injured. After receiving calls about more pieces of metal in the area, three aviation safety inspectors from the flight standards district office in Albany spent the day interviewing residents and employees at businesses such as Mario's Garage on Altamont Avenue, where another piece of metal was found. Inspectors also talked to local railroad operators to see if the piece was from a railroad track, said Peters, spokesman for the FAA's eastern region of the FAA, which covers New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Mario Sbardella, the owner of Mario's Garage, said the chunk of metal flew up in the air Monday and landed near his truck. "I heard a big noise,'' Sbardella said, likening it to a passing train. "I ran outside and saw the piece flying away to my truck.'' Sbardella said he has found pieces of metal before near his shop, and wanted to keep the piece that investigators examined Tuesday to compare it to other pieces that he saved. "Actually, I really think it's debris from outer space falling down,'' he said. "All the garbage they put up there, all the missiles, its probably some of that, but who am I to say?'' Again, thanks for the help. Joseph Hurley RS_joe@yahoo.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Sat Jul 15 2000 - 07:01:53 PDT