[meteorite-list] Geology Student Launches Search For Meteor Debris In Scotland

From: Stuart Forbes <stuart.forbes_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:41:09 2004
Message-ID: <009201c09538$79c90be0$d20dbc3e_at_oemcomputer>

Fortunately, I was able to correct most of the "misinterpretations" the
reporter made in a radio interview on Radio Forth on Sunday. It most
definitely did not fall on Leith or Portobello beach, and it looks like it
may have gone out to sea, but I'm still checking.

Regards,

Stuart Forbes
Edinburgh, Scotland
stuart.forbes_at_dial.pipex.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
To: Meteorite Mailing List <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sunday, February 11, 2001 5:12 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Geology Student Launches Search For Meteor Debris
In Scotland


>
>
>Geology student launches search for meteor debris
>The Scotsman (Scotland)
>February 9, 2001
>
>A meteorite hunter claimed today that fragments of the fireball
>which streaked across the sky above Edinburgh could have landed on
>Leith.
>
>And he said that international dealers would be willing to pay large sums
of
>money for any fragments found by local people.
>
>The fireball, caused by a meteor entering the earth?s atmosphere, led to a
>rush of calls to police stations and observatories by worried onlookers on
>Thursday night.
>
>People who witnessed the orange and blue fireball feared that it could be a
>falling aircraft or UFO.
>
>Today, Edinburgh-based meteorite hunter Stuart Forbes launched a search for
>fragments of the fireball.
>
>The geology student said: "From the reports I have seen I think it is
>possible that fragments of the fireball could have landed on the foreshore
>at Leith or Portobello.
>
>"I am going hunting for any bits that may have broken off the fireball and
>landed on Earth."
>
>Commenting on the demand for meteorite samples, he added: "Dealers are
>willing to pay a lot of money for these fragments, even if they are only
the
>size of your thumb."
>
>The fragments will be recognisable as they will be covered in a thin black
>crust, unlike any other stone.
>
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