One small frag in the middle of a community? With no other reports? Pretty sneaky meteorite. Not.
"We wuz jus hanging in the backyard when we seen a big flash... and a whiz thump... and a big boom... and the dirt just flew up five feet high...it was a terrible thing!" "Ah..my name is spelled Jeeter with two "ee's". "And I'm gonna be one of them engineer fellas." Regards to all the fresh... and the weathered Listees, Count Deiro -----Original Message----- >From: Michael Fowler <[email protected]> >Sent: Nov 19, 2009 12:54 PM >To: [email protected] >Cc: Michael Fowler <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Biophysicist confirms Liberal boy's >meteorite discovery > >Meteorite Hoax, or meteorite exaggeration? > >As a meteorite hoax, it is missing many of the classic symptoms, no flaming >trail, no red hot iron at the bottom of the hole etc. > >Let me propose an alternate explanation: The size of the hole and the >material shooting 5 feet high was an exaggeration, but it actually is a real >fall. > >Mike Fowler >Chicago > > >> 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, <ensoramanda at ntlworld.com> 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 <eric at meteoritesusa.com> 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
