Obviously at the outset a meteorwrong....but somehow required months to establish after a team of scientists from Rutgers declared it was a meteorite.
With no visual or sonic phenomena to accompany the low altitude explosion, which would have been the only explanation for such a shape and striated surface character without fusion crust, there was no way this was a meteorite. I vigorously pointed out to the local newspapers and Rutgers this couldn't possibly be a meteorite to no avail. I was on a live FOX radio show where they literally took me off the air after having called me to ask what I thought of the "new meteorite." When I pointed out that it was unlikely this was a meteorite, they pointed out "And you have a degree in what?" and upon my answer cut to a commercial and I was toast.
Months after Rutgers put the object on display in their natural history museum---for which they attracted their largest crowds ever--- it was publicly acknowledged the origin of this object was of earthly provenance.
On May 8, 2009, at 4:27 AM, Meteorites USA wrote:
Does anyone remember or know what came of this? http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/01/070105-space-rock.html -- Regards, Eric Wichman Meteorites USA ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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