He could let me know, and I could take it to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science (I'm a research associate there). Or, he could go there directly. Or, he could simply put out the coordinates on this list, for everybody to have a look at. Since the odds are very much against it being an impact crater, that would provide a good filter. In any of those cases, he'd be credited with the find if it turned out to be genuine.

If this is a small impact with the possibility of intact meteorites (again, very unlikely), and he wants to keep it secret, he ought to be able to get one of the active southwest meteorite hunters to visit with him and see if there's anything to be found, before making things more public.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com

On 12/2/2011 8:17 AM, Bob Loeffler wrote:
Hi all,

I sent this email to the list yesterday morning, but I have not seen it come
through yet, so I’m sending it again.

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Someone contacted me about finding a meteorite impact crater and wants to
know who to contact to get it verified and then get credited for his find.
He didn’t say if he found any meteorites around/in it.  Any ideas of who he
should contact?  He said it’s in Colorado.

Thanks,
Bob L

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