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Ice From a Cloudless Sky

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

A. E. Carte
A. E. Carte*
Affiliation:
National Physical Research Laboratory, Pretoria, South Africa
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A large lump of ice fell from a cloudless sky one morning in September 1964 and landed only ten yards from a farmer in the Brits district of the Transvaal, South Africa. A whirring sound shortly before the impact alerted the farmer so that he saw the ice as it struck the ground.

The lump was flattish-shaped and irregular, estimated at 11 x 9 x 6 inches, and gave off a peculiar odour. The farmer also observed that the ice was composed of numerous layers and that parts of its interior were brownish-coloured. He did not recall noticing aircraft in the vicinity at the time of the incident.

Type
Technical Notes
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 69 , Issue 652 , April 1965 , pp. 274 - 275
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1965

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