Re: [meteorite-list] Wingstars

Hi, Wingstars are meteor-wrongs. A gentleman named Russell T. Wing published The Discovery of the Wingstars, Volume I and II, decades ago. It's a classic case of delusion; he saw meteorites everywhere: quartz ones, linestone ones, petrified wood ones... The books are the best collection of

Re: [meteorite-list] Wingstars

Here is a message I sent to the meteorite-list way back on 10/28/1998. A Library of Congress search confirms that Russell T. Wing was born in 1891, so I was right... he was 93 when I met him in 1984. jeff The definitive work on the subject of meteorwrong denial is: The Discovery of the

Re: [meteorite-list] Wingstars

http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2005-July/175763.html [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi List! Has anyone ever heard of wingstars? They look just like meteorites, but no nickel! I have seen a book on them but can't remember the name of it. Anyone know of it? Jim Balister

Re: [meteorite-list] Wingstars

http://home.earthlink.net/~mwnews/wingstar.html best, Ken Newton IMCA #9632 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi List! Has anyone ever heard of wingstars? They look just like meteorites, but no nickel! I have seen a book on them but can't remember the name of it. Anyone know of it? Jim