A L L E N D E - CV3"In the early morning of Saturday, 8 February 1969
(between 0105 and 0110 Central Standard Time), a
brilliant fireball was observed over much of northern
Mexico and adjacent areas of Texas and New
Mexico. The most spectacular phenomena were
centered around the city of Hidalgo del Parral in
the south-central part of the state of Chihuahua.
The fireball approached from the south-southwest,
and as it neared its terminal point the brilliant
light was accompanied by tremendous detonations
and a strong air blast. Thousands of individual
meteoritic stones rained down over a large area of
rural Mexico. One weighing 15 kg fell within four
meters of a house in the town of Pueblito de Allende,
35 km east of Parral. This stone was broken
up, and pieces taken to the office of the newspaper
"El Correo de Parral" the same day; the news of an
important meteorite fall was published that evening.
Dr. E. A. King of the NASA Manned Spacecraft
Center in Houston, Texas, heard of these
events on the morning of 10 February 1969 and departed
promptly for the scene. He returned with
meteoritic material on the morning of 12 February,
and he and his colleagues have published a preliminary
report on their findings (King et al., 1969)."
Quelle:
http://hdl.handle.net/10088/809