Mark and Michael, I am curious as well. I don't remember Nininger mentioning this in any published work (not that I have read them all, mind you).
-Walter --------------------------------------------- www.branchmeteorites.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael L Blood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "MARK BOSTICK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Meteorite List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 1:16 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NP Article, Meteorite Hits Man, Nininger > Hi Mark, > Any idea what fall this was? > curious Michael > > > on 3/10/03 10:26 PM, MARK BOSTICK at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Title: Indiana Evening Gazette > > City: Indiana, Pa > > Date: Thursday, December 31, 1953 > > Page: 4 > > > > > > Meteorite Hits Man's Tin Hat > > > > > > BOSTON (AP) - Meteorites bean someone on earth only once every 350 > > years on the average - and now it looks as though one has struck a guy who > > was waring a tin hat! > > This indication of how times are getting over toughter for meteorites > > came out in a talk before the American Assn. for the Advancement of Science, > > whose 120th meeting ends today. > > Dr. H. H. Nininger of the American Meteorite Museum, Sedona, Ariz., > > reported that a tiny object having all the external earmarks of a meteorite > > had struck a construction working "on his tin hat: after first richocheting > > off a drilling rig. > > At least, said Nininger, that's what the man told him had happened. > > The "beaning" happened several years ago but Nininger made it public today. > > The incident apparently marked a lucky day for Ninger too because he > > tested the object in his laboratory - and he says he feels not only that it > > is an honest-too-goodness meteorite, but that it's something pretty special > > in that line. > > Meteorites, believed to be fragments of an exploded planet or possibly > > two colliding ones, exist in the millions and are of all sizes - but only a > > few ever reach the earth and still fewer are recovered. Some 24 million a > > day are consumed in the atmosphere. > > In case you're worried about getting hit, Dr. Fred L. Whipple of > > Harvard, a regular fireball on the subject of meteorites told a reporter: > > "Meteorites that reach the earth are mostly very small - some as small > > as dust particles - bit a couple have hit the earth that were big as > > apartment houses. Fortunately all the large ones have fallen in > > uninhabitated places. > > "Only one person out of all the people on earth is struck by a > > meteorite, every 350 years on the average. There's one unconfirmed report > > that a monk was killed by one back in the 15th century. Injuries, when they > > have occurred, have been slight." > > Here's the reason Dr. Nininger was so happy about the object he > > studied: > > > > (Mark Bostick Note: Article apparently ends and does not continue the rest > > of the story, perhaps the last line was meant to be earlier in the article). > > > > www.MeteoriteArticles.com > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > What luck for rulers that men do not think. > Adolf Hitler > -- > Worth Seeing: > - Earth at night from satelite: > http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg > - Interactive Lady Liberty: > http://doody36.home.attbi.com/liberty.htm > - Earth - variety of choices: > http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html > -- > Panoramic view of Meteor Crater: > http://www.virtualguidebooks.com/Arizona/GrandCanyonRoute66/MeteorCrater/Met > eorCraterRimL.html > -- > Cool Calendar & Clock: > http://www.yugop.com/ver3/stuff/03/fla.html > -- > Michael Blood Meteorites & Didgeridoos for sale at: > http://www.michaelbloodmeteorites.com/ > > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
