Aloha Jason, Agreed that this boyʻs story sounds bogus. But the last sentence of the story explains things clearly. "...the fifth-grader said he still wants to be an engineer and build things."
Well he certainly engineered a fine fairy tale. Guess he couldn't wait for the "Tell a Fairy Tale Day", held officially on Feb 26 in the US: http://www.gone-ta-pott.com/tell_a_fairy_tale_day.html Cheers, gary On Nov 19, 2009, at 1:45 AM, Jason Utas wrote: > Graham, All, > Exactly what I was thinking when I saw the iron - well, that and think > about it - a 47g meteorite just made a foot-deep crater, sending > material five feet into the air? > The whole story is ridiculous - such a stone should have made a little > dent in the ground (we're talking a inch or two) - it wouldn't be > unremarkable if someone standing fifteen feet away didn't notice it > fall, or simply assumed someone had thrown a rock at them. > This sounds like another sensationalist looking for their moment of fame. > Bah. > Jason > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 3:34 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> Strange....as there is all this talk at the moment about fresh iron 'fusion >> crust' then this does not look like a fresh iron fall but just like one of >> the treated sikhote alins I just mentioned in my last post!!! >> >> Dubious! >> >> Graham >> >> ---- Meteorites USA <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> http://www.hutchnews.com/Localregional/spacerock >>> ______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Gary Fujihara AstroDay Institute 105 Puhili Place, Hilo, HI 96720 (808) 640-9161, [email protected] http://astroday.net ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
