[meteorite-list] Apparent Meteorite Lands In Elma High

From: Kevin Fly Hill <khill_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:21:06 2004
Message-ID: <001501c34cd5$bf36f1e0$6d00a8c0_at_coxinternet.com>

I guess that I'm even more of a cynic than Walter. I concur about the
"lawsuit protection" angle, but also NASA just didn't want people pickn'
that stuff up -- look how many did any way! From where we live in Southern
VanZandt County, Texas, my wife heard the explosion/sonic boom (more like
felt) then looked up and saw the twisting contrail. I was driving down the
highway with cats to the vet and the whole thing happened right behind me --
saw nor heard nutn'. Nothing was found in our county (or at least reported)
and we watched low flying fighter jets come over for the next couple of
days. Our area is very wooded -- so, no telling?

Fly Hill

----- Original Message -----
From: "Walter Branch" <branchw_at_bellsouth.net>
To: "Marcia Swanson" <MJSOfArc_at_webtv.net>;
<meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 9:01 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Apparent Meteorite Lands In Elma High


> Hi Marcia,
>
> As I note on my website, I think the notion of a "hot" meteorite is a
myth,
> born by seeing too many Hollywood movies. IMHO, when a meteorite lands it
> has lost most if not all of the heat that was generated by atmospheric
> flight. They are not "hot" when they land.
>
> In the case of Columbia, here is the cynic in me. In addition to the real
> danger of possible injury from certain chemicals reaching the ground, NASA
> had to say that because somebody could have claimed that they were somehow
> "hurt" by picking up some debris, thus forming the basis for a lawsuit.
By
> making a public warning, NASA was making it less likely that they would
have
> a successful lawsuit filed against it.
>
> -Walter
>
>
> ------------------------------------------
> www.branchmeteorites.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marcia Swanson" <MJSOfArc_at_webtv.net>
> To: <MrX3010_at_aol.com>; <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 12:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Apparent Meteorite Lands In Elma High
>
>
> > Mr. X wrote, maybe it was hot ashalt that boy burnt his hand on......
> > Dear List and Mr.X,
> > Another thought, wouldn't the samples we've seen have been coated in
> > that same melted asphalt, hot enough to melt divets in surface,
> > supposedly landed on, if their story is accurate?
> > Just another thought. I was under naive understanding that meteorites
> > did not burn hot to the touch, upon falling and could be picked right
> > up, as in stories I read during the PF strewnfield incident and others?
> > Do they rapidly cool after initial impact ? Also, why, in the case of
> > the "Columbia" retrieval, were people warned not to touch fragments, as
> > they were hazardous? Could someone enlighten me? I'm asking questions,
> > because I dont know. Hope this last question doesn't turn out to be
> > Governmentally Political ! Cripes!Thanks, and Rgards, Marcie
> >
> >
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