"When I saw that Earth-sized dot made by S-L #9 come 'round the limb of Jupiter, the chills I felt convinced me of that!" Geez.... Me too!! I read a follow up report on this incident about how everyone was suprised that the ejecta went back into space 2,000 miles, about 10 times greater than the model forecasted.
Our radio telescope was able to "see" the radio noise spike from Jupiter as S-L/9 fragment "L" hit the Jovian atmosphere. :)