[meteorite-list] Tektite looking objects found in Park Forest

From: Adam Hupe <adamhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:10:01 2004
Message-ID: <005601c2f983$43601ec0$b4dbe60c_at_attbi.com>

Dear List,

We compared these to a composition shingle and could not find anything
similar. From what I understand a dumbbell has to be spinning in a molten
state in order to create such a shape, the same goes for the patty shapes
with sunken centers. The few scientist we talked to are going wild over
this discovery because nothing as been reported like this before.

All the best,

Adam


----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Witt" <stelor96_at_yahoo.com>
To: <adamhupe_at_attbi.com>
Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 5:44 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Tektite looking objects found in Park Forest


> Adam,
>
> I was just going to write and ask you the same question. "Have you
> checked the shingle?" Meanwhile I have several grams of particles and
> dust collected from five street and parking lot impact points, that I
> will "assume" are free of any possible shingle contaminents. I was
> hoping you could give me an approximate size of the particles you are
> finding.
>
> Thanx,
> Steve
>
> --- Dan Wray <dwray_at_wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> > Adam,
> >
> > Are the particles metallic? Can they be picked up with a magnet?
> > In a classic search for micro-meteorites I found the same type of
> > thing in debris from my gutters. It was separated out with a
> > magnet and then sorted under a microscope. I thought that I had
> > found a great collection of micros. That is until I repeated the
> > experiment on my neighbors on both sides, nada, nothing, great
> > disappointment! I have now come to believe that they came from my
> > composition shingles . I have no idea how or what industrial
> > process is involved. I will send you a photo of some that I found.
> > I have always wanted to know more but didn't know where to go from
> > here. I guess a nickel test could be done if I sacrificed enough
> > of them. So far I have been unwilling to as the collecting was
> > very labor intensive. I will be interested in your results.
> >
> > Dan Wray
> > COMETS
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Adam Hupe
> > To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 4:10 PM
> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Tektite looking objects found in Park
> > Forest
> >
> >
> > Dear List Members,
> >
> > You are going to think we are insane announcing this but we feel
> > it is important. We acquired a computer game still in the box that
> > was struck by a meteorite inside a house on Dunham street in the
> > Park Forest neighborhood. This is from the same site that Mike
> > Farmer purchased the House Hammering stone. This game box acted as
> > a receptacle trapping some fragments from the meteorite, wood from
> > the attic and sheet rock from the ceiling. While examining the
> > contents of the game box under a microscope we were shocked to see
> > the following objects:
> >
> > Dumbbell shaped glassy forms
> > Teardrop shaped glassy forms
> > Rod shaped glassy forms
> > Patty shaped glassy forms with sunken centers
> > Ball shaped glassy forms
> >
> > Dumbbell
> > http://www.lunarrock.com/ParkForest/microtektites1.jpg
> >
> > Dumbbell and Teardrop
> > http://www.lunarrock.com/ParkForest/microtektites2.jpg
> >
> > Mixture of several types
> > http://www.lunarrock.com/ParkForest/microtektites3.jpg
> >
> > These are all the same shapes you will find in Tektites, yet
> > these cannot be called impactites since the meteorite did not melt
> > any objects when it crashed through the roof. This is no joke so
> > you collectors in the field may want to revisit the houses that
> > were struck by meteorites and collect the debris left behind before
> > it is too late. We do not know the scientific importance of this
> > discovery but will find out soon since the University of Washington
> > is interested in pursuing these strange objects. It has been
> > suggested that these objects may have come from the ablation train
> > left behind by this fall. It is our hope that more of this
> > material is collected before it is too late.
> >
> >
> > All the Best
> >
> > Adam Hupe
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> =====
> Steve Witt
> IMCA #9020
>
> http://www.meteoritecollectors.org
>
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Received on Wed 02 Apr 2003 08:49:27 PM PST