[meteorite-list] Looking for Silkote-Alin Witness accounts

From: Kelly Webb <kelly_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:37:33 2004
Message-ID: <3A32AD81.678395FC_at_bhil.com>

Hi,
    The Baxter and Atkins book, The Fire Came By (Doubleday, 1976, and
Warner paperback, 1977), is about Tunguska, not Sikhote-Alin. I looked
through my copy and could find no mention of Sikhote-Alin in text or
bibliography. Try E. L. Krinov, Giant Meteorites (Pergamon, 1966). He was
principal investigator for Sikhote-Alin, was on the first expedition, headed
subsequent expeditions. He was Kulik's assistant at Tunguska and is (was?)
chief Russian authority on meteorites. He has published a great deal about
Sikhote-Alin, much not translated into English. Try also: E. L. Krinov, New
Studies of the Sikhote-Alin Meteorite Shower, Sky & Telescope, Feb. 1969,
pp. 87-90. Don't know how many eye witness reports he included in his work,
though.

Sterling K. Webb

Bernd Pauli HD wrote:

> "E.L. Jones" wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know where witness accounts of the Silkote-Alin
> > fall might be published/translated? Especially looking for
> > early recovery accounts. Yes I am looking into the warm/hot
> > cold issue again.
>
> Hi Elton and List,
>
> There is a paperback titled "THE FIRE CAME BY" by Thomas Atkins and John
> Baxter with a foreword by Isaac Asimov. It contains several eyewitness
> accounts.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Bernd
>
Received on Sat 09 Dec 2000 05:09:06 PM PST