[meteorite-list] when will the US see another meteorite fall and recovery?
From: John Divelbiss <j.divelbiss_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:18:27 2004 Message-ID: <000001c2d564$926c1d40$27125a0c_at_0m824> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002C_01C2D53A.17B43260 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello all, As David Hardy suggested...things sure are slow on list. I'll try to add = something. I'm reading Nininger's book, Find A Falling Star. I'm only a third of = the way through...and I'm hooked! I keep looking out back to see if a = fireball might be passing by... or maybe I'll find a nice size crater in = the backyard when I take the dog out in the morning. Al Mitterling told = me this book would stir my desires to go out and find a rock from space. = Everyone interested in meteorites should read it. What a story Nininger = had to tell. Let's hope Steve Schoner gets well enough to share his = observations of the man he met with years ago. In the book he seems to be running from one fall or find to another for = about 20 years (so far, from my reading)...mostly in the US, Canada or = Mexico. Falls seemed to happen more frequently during those days, = especially in the Midwest. My question is...are we in a meteorite = drought (falls) here in the US and elsewhere, or is their no one out = there doing what Nininger did when a fireball is witnessed? Obviously it = takes lots of people interested in finding them to eventually bring them = to someone like a Nininger...who advertised in papers, spoke to groups = and individuals, offering money, etc. =20 I know we've had sightings...but I think the last recorded meteorite = falls in the US were Portales Valley and Monahans in 1998. Can anyone = come up with a later one? I think we are in a drought. Let's hope this = is the year we see another or two...and of course, it happens in the = backyard of someone on the list. When???? John ------=_NextPart_000_002C_01C2D53A.17B43260 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1126" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Hello all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>As David Hardy suggested...things sure are slow on = list. I'll=20 try to add something.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I'm reading Nininger's book, Find A Falling Star. = I'm only a=20 third of the way through...and I'm hooked! I keep looking out back = to see=20 if a fireball might be passing by... or maybe I'll find a nice size = crater in=20 the backyard when I take the dog out in the morning. Al Mitterling told = me this=20 book would stir my desires to go out and find a rock from space. = Everyone=20 interested in meteorites should read it. What a story Nininger had to=20 tell. Let's hope Steve Schoner gets well enough to share his = observations=20 of the man he met with years ago.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>In the book he seems to be running from one fall or = find to=20 another for about 20 years (so far, from my reading)...mostly in the US, = Canada=20 or Mexico. Falls seemed to happen more frequently during those = days,=20 especially in the Midwest. My question is...are we in a meteorite = drought=20 (falls) here in the US and elsewhere, or is their no one out there = doing=20 what Nininger did when a fireball is witnessed? Obviously it takes lots = of=20 people interested in finding them to eventually bring them to someone = like a=20 Nininger...who advertised in papers, spoke to groups and individuals, = offering=20 money, etc. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I know we've had sightings...but I think the = last=20 recorded meteorite falls in the US were Portales Valley and Monahans in=20 1998. Can anyone come up with a later one? I think we are in a = drought.=20 Let's hope this is the year we see another or two...and of course, it = happens in=20 the backyard of someone on the list.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>When????</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>John </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_002C_01C2D53A.17B43260-- Received on Sat 15 Feb 2003 09:35:00 PM PST |
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