Thanks Al, I have the article now. I did some research on the boy some time ago, unfortunately there are no documented details on who he was.
Back in 1992 I did see a video of the field interview with the boy (through an interpreter) made by Hans Betlem, who did te field research at Mbale.
At the time I already said to Hans: "you should have recorded more personal details!". Historical details like this just survive better with a name attached to it. Everybody remembers the name "Ann Hodges", 56 years after date. This while "some 12-14 year old boy at Mbale" will quickly (and undeservedly) gain the label "apocryphal" as time will progress, I am affraid
There is a photograph of the boy in the MAPS article on Mbale. - Marco ----- Dr Marco (asteroid 183294) Langbroek Dutch Meteor Society (DMS) e-mail: d...@marcolangbroek.nl http://www.dmsweb.org http://www.marcolangbroek.nl ----- ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
