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Current conditions at the strewn field are and
have been Wet wet and WET.
There was a mini cyclone last week,and it has been
raining ever since. There is knee deep water in most places and in the
fields.
This place is 30 KM from town in a rural
coastal village.The people i am in touch with have been waiting for
the rains to subside for a number of days now.
Recovery of too much material will probably
be quite difficult.The strewn field also seems to be much smaller
than initial reports.
I am told Mike Farmer arrived in the
area today in two vehicles.He would be a much more reliable person for
specifics on this fall and the stones.
All stones (that they could find) have been
collected/confiscated by the District Collector and there is an active power
struggle going on between two Goverment agencies as to who should get the two
larger (eggplant size) pcs and smaller ones recovered .
So they are sitting in the District Revenue
Collector,s office where they can be viewed- thru a window .
A government helicopter is also flying
over the area twice a day???? Not sure why- perhaps looking for larger pcs. Its
all flooded anyway. Initial reports describe this as dark
brown(may be the light) and VERY magnetic.That ties in well with the metal
viens news report .
Would appreciate some input as to what kind
of meteorite would this probably be.
Or they may just have some magnetic stones
completely unconnected to the fall.
Stones have been very hard to come by,but it
is possible Mike Farmer may have better luck than we did.
I will have some more reports coming in later on
today.I am anxious to see some pics myself.
Regards
Atul Kumar
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