Hi, I hope they were large men in suits.
An iron meteorite the size of a small writing desk (30" x 30" x 54") would weigh approximately 12,600 pounds. Say each large man could lift 200 lbs., it would take 63 large men to wrestle it onto the 6 ton trailer which was pulled by what? A Model T (1928)? OK, a small old-fashioned school desk, then (24" x 24" x 36"). That's 6000 pounds, or 30 large men's worth. Still too much for a 1928 vehicle. Hmmm. Sterling K. Webb ------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: "meteoritelist" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 2:17 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Question on NY meteorite fall List, I have a question; I met a lady that swears she witnessed a meteorite fall in Potter, or Rushville, in the state of New York on her grandfathers farm. His name was Floyd Lafler. . Potter is just south of Rochester. . She was about 7 years old around 1928. A meteorite fell and she heard detonations and her whole house shook. When her family went outside they observed a large iron meteorite about the size of a large desk. She said it even smelled bad. Later some men in suits came with a large trailer and hauled the thing away. She is looking for any information about the fall. I get nothing on a Google search. Is there any way to find out if this exists or what could have happened to this meteorite? Thanks. Carl Esparza IMCA 5829 Meteoritemax ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
