{"id":6089,"date":"2009-08-15T14:14:16","date_gmt":"2009-08-15T19:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/2009\/08\/15\/my_family_saw_a_meteorite_fall_amdash_pa_1\/"},"modified":"2009-08-15T14:14:16","modified_gmt":"2009-08-15T19:14:16","slug":"my_family_saw_a_meteorite_fall_amdash_pa_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/2009\/08\/15\/my_family_saw_a_meteorite_fall_amdash_pa_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Meteorites #1 — My Family Saw One Fall !!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"No<\/a><\/div>\n

Yes, its true.<\/strong> And I don’t mean “We saw a meteor”, because most anyone could have seen a meteor in the last few days as the tail of the Tempel-Swift Comet<\/a><\/strong> came in contact with Earth.<\/p>\n

A meteor is something that enters the earth’s upper atmosphere and burns up, leaving a streak of light across the sky. What we saw was one coming all the way down to the ground, a meteor-ite<\/em><\/a>.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

We were out on a walk,<\/strong> and enjoying watching the few “Perseid<\/a><\/strong>” meteors flitting across the sky, when one shot right overhead, and passed below the treeline to our south—not far off.<\/p>\n

We were in shock.<\/strong> It wasn’t massive, but it wasn’t a speck of dust either. It fell so close to us that I was able to see details of the sparks flying off of it as well as hear it. And I know it must have hit … how could it drop below the treeline at that close of range and not hit the ground?<\/p>\n

Sure, it may have landed a half-mile to a mile away, but it was close! <\/strong> <\/p>\n

My wife saw it first<\/strong> and she cried out just in time for everyone to turn and see it. All except for my son, Leighton<\/a><\/strong>, who just happened to be holding a home-made torch, which blinded him somewhat.<\/p>\n

We didn’t go looking for it the next day because:<\/strong><\/p>\n