Re: [meteorite-list] Atwater ice hole mystery - Pictures??

[Tom aka james Knudson]

Hello Ron and List, From what I read over the last week or so on this subject I have formed no opinion on this subject. But, I reminds me of crop circles!

Thanks, Tom
The proudest member of the I.M.C.A. #6168




From: Ron Baalke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Atwater ice hole mystery - Pictures??
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 18:29:02 -0800 (PST)

>
> The Atwater hole could hardly have been made by melting since there
> was a 'beautiful starburst-pattern' of large cracks around it.
> There was also talk of a 'funnel' through the ice, that seemed to
> have been made by some object. Plus the rattling boom.

Sorry, if I sound skeptical, but I originally posted to this list
four years ago when this hole appeared in the Minnesota lake suggesting
it may possibly be a meteorite. And the fact there
was one eyewitness who heard sonic booms prior the hole's discovery
made it very intriging. I'm also very open to the fact that meteorites
can punch holes though frozen lakes. But in this particular case,
it didn't pan out.

The original accounts of the hole included signs of melting
at the hole, and there was even a statement by the Police Chief, the
first person visit the hole and see it up close, that there was no
signs of a crash impact at the hole. Shortly after this hole was
found, several more holes appeared, also bearing the same
starburst-pattern. There were no reports of any sonic
booms associated with these new holes. There were suggestions made, even
back then, that an active spring was the culprit. Divers did go into
the water at the original Atwater hole, but they didn't find any meteorites.
I don't think you can rule out warmer water underneath the ice as being
the cause of the holes, very much like what is going on right now in the
Minnesota lakes.

Ron Baalke



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