[meteorite-list] Swedish meteorite fall story translation

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From: Matson, Robert <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:02:25 2004
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Hi All,
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Here's a translation of that Swedish mystery hole story by a bilingual
Swedish
friend of mine (Bj=F6rn Gimle), along with a few additional remarks =
(location
info,
phone #'s):
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- - - -
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The picture (and story) originally appeared in =D6stersunds-Posten .
=20
"Meteorite may have hit ground in H=E4rjedalen" (one of Sweden's 25 =
counties)
=20
An unexplicable hole in the ground, along with eye witness reports =
about a
fireball=20
in the sky, may indicate that a meteorite hit Vem=E5n, NW of Sveg, =
writes=20
=D6stersunds-Posten.
=20
Reports from witnesses are equivalent. From different places in =
H=E4rjedalen,
at=20
around 7 am on Friday a bright light, and a spherical object were =
observed,=20
that fell to ground with high speed.
=20
- I have never seen anything like it. I first reacted to the light, =
since it
was=20
shining brightly, although it was quite light outside, reports one
eyewitness.
=20
Looked strange
=20
Saturday Jan-Evert Persson in Vem=E5n discovered, in the outskirts of =
the
village,=20
a hole, which could have been caused by a meteorite hit.=20
=20
- It looked strange. I had to stop to check what it was all about, =
explains=20
Jan-Evert. He could quickly establish that something had fallen down=20
from above with violent force. The object formed a hole of about 80 cm=20
diameter and disappeared into the ground. Soil was spread like from a=20
small bomb around the spot.
=20
May remain
=20
At Museum of Natural History (Frescativ=E4gen 40, SE-104 05 Stockholm,=20
+46-8-519 54 000, www.nrm.se <http://www.nrm.se> ) experts report that =
if a
meteorite caused=20
the hole in the ground, it probably remains there. Meteorites should =
not=20
be confused with meteors, so small that they completely melt and =
gasificate=20
(disintegrate) in the atmosphere. Meteorites can easily be identified =
by an

expert, among other things by the thin black melted crust (fusion =
crust)
formed during deceleration through the atmosphere.
=20
TT (Swedish news agency) published 2002-02-20

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All,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D775440918-04032002>Here's=20
a translation of that Swedish mystery hole story by a bilingual=20
Swedish</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D775440918-04032002>friend=20
of mine (Bj=F6rn Gimle), along with a few additional remarks (location=20
info,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D775440918-04032002>phone=20
#'s)</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D775440918-04032002>:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D775440918-04032002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
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-</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D775440918-04032002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">The picture (and story) =
originally=20
appeared in =D6stersunds-Posten<FONT color=3D#0000ff><SPAN=20
class=3D775440918-04032002> .</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT color=3D#0000ff><SPAN=20
class=3D775440918-04032002> </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">"Meteorite may have hit =
ground in=20
H=E4rjedalen"  (one of Sweden's 25 counties)</DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">An unexplicable hole in the =
ground, along=20
with eye witness reports about a fireball<SPAN =
class=3D775440918-04032002><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">in the sky, may indicate that =
a meteorite=20
hit Vem=E5n, NW of Sveg, writes<SPAN class=3D775440918-04032002><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">=D6stersunds-Posten.</DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">Reports from witnesses are =
equivalent.=20
>From different places in H=E4rjedalen, at<SPAN =
class=3D775440918-04032002><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">around 7 am on Friday a =
bright light, and=20
a spherical object were observed,<SPAN class=3D775440918-04032002><FONT =

color=3D#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">that fell to ground with high =
speed.</DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">- I have never seen anything =
like it. I=20
first reacted to the light, since it was<SPAN =
class=3D775440918-04032002><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">shining brightly, although it =
was quite=20
light outside, reports one eyewitness.</DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><STRONG>Looked =
strange</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN =
class=3D775440918-04032002><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">Saturday Jan-Evert Persson in =
Vem=E5n=20
discovered, in the outskirts of the village,<SPAN =
class=3D775440918-04032002><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">a hole, which could have been =
caused by a=20
meteorite hit.<SPAN class=3D775440918-04032002><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN=20
class=3D775440918-04032002></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">- It looked strange. I had to =
stop to=20
check what it was all about, explains<SPAN =
class=3D775440918-04032002><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">Jan-Evert.<SPAN=20
class=3D775440918-04032002><FONT color=3D#0000ff>  =
</FONT></SPAN>He could=20
quickly establish that something had fallen down<SPAN=20
class=3D775440918-04032002><FONT =
color=3D#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">from above with violent =
force. The object=20
formed a hole of about 80 cm<SPAN class=3D775440918-04032002><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">diameter and disappeared into =
the ground.=20
Soil was spread like from a<SPAN class=3D775440918-04032002><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">small bomb around the =
spot.</DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><STRONG>May =
remain</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN =
class=3D775440918-04032002><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">At Museum of Natural History=20
(Frescativ=E4gen 40, SE-104 05 Stockholm,<SPAN =
class=3D775440918-04032002><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">+46-8-519 54 000, <A=20
href=3D"http://www.nrm.se">www.nrm.se</A>) experts report that if a =
meteorite=20
caused<SPAN class=3D775440918-04032002><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">the hole in the ground, it =
probably=20
remains there.<SPAN class=3D775440918-04032002><FONT =
color=3D#0000ff>  =20
 </FONT></SPAN>Meteorites should not<SPAN =
class=3D775440918-04032002><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">be confused with meteors, so =
small that=20
they completely melt and<SPAN class=3D775440918-04032002><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN>gasificate<SPAN =
class=3D775440918-04032002><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><SPAN =
class=3D775440918-04032002><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff>(disintegrate) </FONT></SPAN>in the atmosphere.<SPAN=20
class=3D775440918-04032002><FONT color=3D#0000ff>  =
</FONT></SPAN>Meteorites can=20
easily be identified by an<SPAN class=3D775440918-04032002><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">expert, among other things by =
the thin=20
black melted crust<SPAN class=3D775440918-04032002><FONT =
color=3D#0000ff> =20
(fusion crust)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">formed <SPAN=20
class=3D775440918-04032002><FONT=20
color=3D#0000ff>during </FONT></SPAN>deceleration<SPAN=20
class=3D775440918-04032002><FONT =
color=3D#0000ff> through</FONT></SPAN> the=20
atmosphere.</DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">TT (Swedish news agency) =
published=20
2002-02-20</DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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