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Two Recent “Falls” in the Portland, Oregon, Area Reported as Meteoritic *
Author(s) -
Pruett J. Hugh
Publication year - 1947
Publication title -
contributions of the meteoritical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0096-2805
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1947.tb00030.x
Subject(s) - morning , geology , archaeology , physical geography , geography , medicine
This article contains an account of two “falls,” one that occurred on the night of October 9, 1946, the date of the Draconid meteoric shower, the other on the morning of January 4, 1947, both in the vicinity of Portland, Oregon. These “falls” were thought at the time of their occurrence to be meteoritic in nature, and, as such, were widely reported in the public press, but they were soon proved by scientists and others who investigated them to be unquestionably terrestrial in origin.