Re: [meteorite-list] The IOM Sikhote Alin is back in our possession

2012-01-07 Thread Michael Farmer
Thankfully the piece will return to it's rightful home and be on display again soon. Michael Farmer Sent from my iPad On Jan 5, 2012, at 8:57 PM, Carl Agee a...@unm.edu wrote: Incredibly, today we took possession of our Sikhote Alin specimen that was stolen out of the the Institute of

[meteorite-list] The IOM Sikhote Alin is back in our possession

2012-01-05 Thread Carl Agee
Incredibly, today we took possession of our Sikhote Alin specimen that was stolen out of the the Institute of Meteoritics museum over the holiday break. Tomorrow it will be flying home with one of our staff as carry-on, and a UNM police escort will be waiting at the Albuquerque Sunport to bring it

Re: [meteorite-list] The IOM Sikhote Alin is back in our possession

2012-01-05 Thread Yinan Wang
Congrats on it's recovery! I look forward to hearing this story. -Yinan On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 10:57 PM, Carl Agee a...@unm.edu wrote: Incredibly, today we took possession of our Sikhote Alin specimen that was stolen out of the the Institute of Meteoritics museum over the holiday break.

Re: [meteorite-list] The IOM Sikhote Alin is back in our possession

2012-01-05 Thread Greg Hupé
That is fantastic, Carl, great news!! I applaud everyone involved in the rapid fire news broadcast to all corners of the globe that resulted in such a quick recovery of the stolen meteorite. One heck of a community team effort!!! Best Regards, Greg Greg Hupé The Hupé

Re: [meteorite-list] The IOM Sikhote Alin is back in our possession

2012-01-05 Thread Linton Rohr
That's fantastic news, Carl! Congratulations! I had hoped it would resurface eventually, but that is amazing. Kudos to all who helped. Linton - Original Message - From: Carl Agee a...@unm.edu To: meteoritelist meteoritelist meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, January