Fireballs associated with the Barwell Meteorite

Abstract

SINCE we reported¹ the fireballs associated with the meteorite fall at Barwell, Leicestershire, on December 24, 1965, further information has accumulated which permits a slight extension of the conclusions reached there. Our original report explained that the observations indicated the existence of two fireballs (possibly resulting from a fragmentation in the upper atmosphere) which passed over the South Midlands in a north-north-east direction on roughly parallel tracks. The more westerly of the two fireballs (which we denoted by track A) fragmented again over the Gloucestershire–Warwickshire border.