302 - REPORTING OF FIREBALL AND METEORITE OBSERVATIONS

1        AFRO 298/62 is cancelled and republished.

2        The National Research Council Associate Committee on
Meterorite is anxious to receive reports of any sightings of
falling meteors and is launching a country-wide publicity effort
to bring this to the attention of the Candian public.

3        A fireball is a bright meteor with a luminosity which
equals or exceeds that of the brightest planets. It it usually
seen moving rapidly across the sky and sometimes a trail of
glowing particles is left behind. The meteor may explode with
a burst of light and a loud sound. This may happen several
times during a single fall.

4        When a sufficient number of fireball observations are
obtained over an area 100 miles or more, it becomes
possible to combine the observations and predict the most probable
area in which meteorites associated with the fireball may have
reached the surface of the earth. Since freshly fallen meteorites
are of considerably more interest tha old falls, sightings should
be reported as soon as possible.

5.       The RCAF is assisting in this endeaver and arrangements
have been made for reports of sightings by RCAF personnel to be
transmitted by service message to the operation Centre, AFHQ, Ottawa,
for onward transmission.

6        Unclassified priority messages shall be addressed to
CANAIRHED OPS information the addresses indicated in para 7, and
the first words in the text shall be, "FIREBALL AND METEORITE
OBSERVATIONS". All reports shall include as much of the following
information as is relevant, using the identifying letter indicated
in this paragraph.

          A Date and time of sighting (GMT to be used).
          B Condition of sky *clear, cloudy, haze, etc).
          C Location of observer (either precise position on
             ground ore geographical refernce).
          D Occurance of bursts (number and approximate positions
             along path).

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