Re: [meteorite-list] Nebraska Man Says He Was Nearly Hit By Meteorite

2005-07-01 Thread Jerry A. Wallace
Hi Sterling and List, Sterling cited: Park Forest, M'Bale, Holbrook, Benld, Gao and Noblesville. Lets not forget New Orleans...or the one that almost landed in my backyard- Monahans. Newspaper reports (thanks to Mark Bostick) noted that...well- here are the actual excerpts: A four-inch

Re: [meteorite-list] Nebraska Man Says He Was Nearly Hit By Meteorite

2005-07-01 Thread MexicoDoug
Sterlng W. wrote: This (unnamed) expert needs a basic course in statistics. Assuming one defines this approach (65 feet) as a criteria for close, then the number of cases of a fall being within 65 feet of a human being are substantialIntegrating for the varying size of the human

Re: [meteorite-list] Nebraska Man Says He Was Nearly Hit By Meteorite

2005-07-01 Thread MexicoDoug
I wrote: say 15 million to one (on the conservative end). And then there is the factor of say, 2 for the falls that are never registered, leaving true odds in 40 years at 1.5 million to one make that 7.5 million to one:) __ Meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Nebraska Man Says He Was Nearly Hit By Meteorite

2005-07-01 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Doug, I feel like Mike Myers in one of his old movies, who does mock prostration's while chanting we're not worthy; we're not worthy. Of course, I calculated the area by squaring the diameter of the circle instead of the radius. I'm not worthy; I'm not worthy. It was late; I'd

Re: [meteorite-list] Nebraska Man Says He Was Nearly Hit By Meteorite

2005-07-01 Thread Darren Garrison
Here's another story about it, with a photo. Still looks not unlike a weathered condrite. http://www.wowt.com/news/headlines/1650932.html __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Nebraska Man Says He Was Nearly Hit By Meteorite

2005-07-01 Thread Meteoryt.net
Here's another story about it, with a photo. Still looks not unlike a weathered condrite. http://www.wowt.com/news/headlines/1650932.html ?? This is ordinary piece of slag. Just looks like on this photo. I can be wrong, but. -[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-[ I.M.C.A.#3667 ]-

Re: [meteorite-list] Nebraska Man Says He Was Nearly Hit By Meteorite

2005-07-01 Thread Darren Garrison
On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 22:08:23 -0400, Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/wrong_or_rite.jpg BTW, I just noticed that I got my color-keying flipped around. Switch red for blue. __ Meteorite-list mailing list

Re: [meteorite-list] Nebraska Man Says He Was Nearly Hit By Meteorite

2005-07-01 Thread Jeff Kuyken
Message - From: Meteoryt.net To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 11:04 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Nebraska Man Says He Was Nearly Hit By Meteorite Here's another story about it, with a photo. Still looks not unlike a weathered condrite. http

[meteorite-list] Nebraska Man Says He Was Nearly Hit By Meteorite

2005-06-30 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.theomahachannel.com/news/4672177/detail.html Fairbury Man Says He Was Nearly Hit By Meteorite NU Professors Examining Rock The Omaha Channel (Nebraska) June 30, 2005 FAIRBURY, Neb. -- A Fairbury man was watering his yard last week when he had a very rare and close encounter

Re: [meteorite-list] Nebraska Man Says He Was Nearly Hit By Meteorite

2005-06-30 Thread Walter Branch
- - Original Message - From: Ron Baalke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 8:04 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Nebraska Man Says He Was Nearly Hit By Meteorite http://www.theomahachannel.com/news/4672177

Re: [meteorite-list] Nebraska Man Says He Was Nearly Hit By Meteorite

2005-06-30 Thread Adam Hupe
Yes, for a mere $500,000.00 you can make his second wish come true! After consulting eBay, he is convinced it is the first witnessed lunar. Cone on, take a chance! No thank you. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Nebraska Man Says He Was Nearly Hit By Meteorite

2005-06-30 Thread Dave Freeman mjwy
Dear List; I tend to hear circus music play every time I go back to this thread. We get one of these spoof about every few months. Call in the clowns! Did anyone check to see if it really could have boinked him on the noggen? Dave F. Adam Hupe wrote: Yes, for a mere $500,000.00 you can

Re: [meteorite-list] Nebraska Man Says He Was Nearly Hit By Meteorite

2005-06-30 Thread Darren Garrison
Look at the photo at this site. It is small, and fuzzy (the picture, not the rock) but doesn't look entirely unlike a pretty badly weathered chondrite with a little bit of fusion crust and a little bit of metal. So I'm not ready to rule out just yet that he has a real meteorite-- a cheap NWA

Re: [meteorite-list] Nebraska Man Says He Was Nearly Hit By Meteorite

2005-06-30 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Ron Baalke wrote: http://www.theomahachannel.com/news/4672177/detail.html Fairbury Man Says He Was Nearly Hit By Meteorite The chances of this close of an encounter are one in 100 billion, expert said... The object landed about 65 feet from where Kinzie was. Hi, This (unnamed) expert