[meteorite-list] NP Article, 05-1952 Ninniger, Glass Lined Moon Tunnel
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:35 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV4eRaNgEpTX500000237_at_hotmail.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_005D_01C3118B.FBDEB9F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Title: Newark Advocate=20 City: Newark, Ohio=20 Date: Wednesday, May 28, 1952 Page: 7 Find Glass-Lined Tunnel On Moon; Explorers' Haven NEW YORK (AP) - There seems to be a tunnel on the moon. This tunnel has glassy walls, and is several miles long. It would = make a fine shelter for rocket explorers of the moon. The evidence for the tunnel discovery is reported today by H. H. = Nininger, director of the American Meteorite Museum, Ariz., in Sky and = Telescope, a leading journal on astronomy. The tunnel was made, not by moon-men but a meteor or shooting star, = Nininger suggests. The meteor traveling 20 to 50 miles a second came sweeping low = across the moon's face and bored clear through a mountainous ridge = several thousand feet high. It left craters on each side and presumably a wide, glassy-walled = corridor through the ridge, connecting the two craters. The glare came = from thick moon dust or rubble that was melted and cooled to form a = glazed cylinder by the passage of the meteor. ------=_NextPart_000_005D_01C3118B.FBDEB9F0 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=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1141" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=3DMailContainerBody=20 style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; = COLOR: #000000; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 15px; FONT-STYLE: = normal; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; = BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: = none"=20 leftMargin=3D0 topMargin=3D0 acc_role=3D"text" CanvasTabStop=3D"true"=20 name=3D"Compose message area"><?xml:namespace prefix=3D"v" = /><?xml:namespace prefix=3D"o" /> <DIV>Title: Newark Advocate <BR>City: Newark, Ohio <BR>Date: Wednesday, = May 28,=20 1952<BR>Page: 7</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Find Glass-Lined Tunnel On Moon; Explorers' Haven</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> NEW YORK (AP) - There seems to be a tunnel = on the=20 moon.<BR> This tunnel has glassy walls, and is = several=20 miles long. It would make a fine shelter for rocket explorers of = the=20 moon.<BR> The evidence for the tunnel = discovery is=20 reported today by H. H. Nininger, director of the American Meteorite = Museum,=20 Ariz., in Sky and Telescope, a leading journal on=20 astronomy.<BR> The tunnel was made, not by = moon-men but=20 a meteor or shooting star, Nininger = suggests.<BR> The=20 meteor traveling 20 to 50 miles a second came sweeping low across the = moon's=20 face and bored clear through a mountainous ridge several thousand feet=20 high.<BR> It left craters on each side and = presumably a=20 wide, glassy-walled corridor through the ridge, connecting the two=20 craters. The glare came from thick moon dust or rubble that was = melted and=20 cooled to form a glazed cylinder by the passage of the=20 meteor.<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_005D_01C3118B.FBDEB9F0-- Received on Sat 03 May 2003 04:52:22 PM PDT |
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