[meteorite-list] NP Article, 09-1952 Lake Murray Meteorite Recovered
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:27:44 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV504EekLusMK0000587b_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_004E_01C3A439.C28BD160 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Paper: Reno Evening Gazette =20 City: Reno, Nevada =20 Date: Thursday, September 11, 1952 Page: 2 SCIENTISTS IGNORE RARE METEORITE FOR YEARS ARDMORE, Okla., Sept. 11. (AP) For years 70 year old Bob Dodson, an Oklah= oma park service employee, had begged scientists to investigate a hard, b= lack object which was sticking out of the ground in a scrub oak patch at = Lake Murray state park. But nobody paid any attention. Today, guards maintain a 24 hour vigil while scientists probe the object. Dr. Lincoln La Paz, University of New Mexico scientist, said it was a nic= kel-iron meteorite, probably the largest meteorite recovered in this coun= try. "I cannot tell exactly when it fell," La Paz said, "but I can say without= fear of contradiction that when it screamed to earth it frightened the p= rehistoric inhabitants out of years of growth." The scientist heads the institute of meteorites at the university at Albu= querque. He said his trip to the site of the meteorite yesterday was prom= pted by a telephone call from A. Allen Grafham, director of the Tucker to= wn museum. A nickel-iron meteorite is composed of pure metal and comes from the hear= d of a heavenly body. It is regarded as very valuable. The University of = New Mexico already possesses the largest achondrite meteorite ever recove= red - the one that fell near the Kansas-Nebraska border in February, 1948= , startling observers in a dozen states. Here are some vital statistics about the new find: It weighs at least a ton, and there is another ton of oxidized material s= cattered about the point of impact. Because of the terrific impact and heat generated by the meteorite, the e= arth around and underneath it is almost as hard and black as the object i= tself. Only a small part of the heavy mass has been uncovered. La Paz plans to s= pent at least two more days supervising the excavation. Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_004E_01C3A439.C28BD160 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV><B><FONT size=3D= 2> <P>Paper: Reno Evening Gazette </P> <P>City: Reno, Nevada </P> <P>Date= : Thursday, September 11, 1952</P> <P>Page: 2</P></B> <P> </P> <P>SC= IENTISTS IGNORE RARE METEORITE FOR YEARS</P> <P> </P> <P>ARDMORE, Ok= la., Sept. 11. (AP) For years 70 year old Bob Dodson, an Oklahoma park se= rvice employee, had begged scientists to investigate a hard, black object= which was sticking out of the ground in a scrub oak patch at Lake Murray= state park.</P> <P>But nobody paid any attention.</P> <P>Today, guards m= aintain a 24 hour vigil while scientists probe the object.</P> <P>Dr. Lin= coln La Paz, University of New Mexico scientist, said it was a nickel-iro= n meteorite, probably the largest meteorite recovered in this country.</P= > <P>"I cannot tell exactly when it fell," La Paz said, "but I can say wi= thout fear of contradiction that when it screamed to earth it frightened = the prehistoric inhabitants out of years of growth."</P> <P>The scientist= heads the institute of meteorites at the university at Albuquerque. He s= aid his trip to the site of the meteorite yesterday was prompted by a tel= ephone call from A. Allen Grafham, director of the Tucker town museum.</P= > <P>A nickel-iron meteorite is composed of pure metal and comes from the= heard of a heavenly body. It is regarded as very valuable. The Universit= y of New Mexico already possesses the largest achondrite meteorite ever r= ecovered - the one that fell near the Kansas-Nebraska border in February,= 1948, startling observers in a dozen states.</P> <P>Here are some vital = statistics about the new find:</P> <P>It weighs at least a ton, and there= is another ton of oxidized material scattered about the point of impact.= </P> <P>Because of the terrific impact and heat generated by the meteorit= e, the earth around and underneath it is almost as hard and black as the = object itself.</P> <P>Only a small part of the heavy mass has been uncove= red. La Paz plans to spent at least two more days supervising the excavat= ion.</P></FONT><BR><BR>Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on= -line archive of meteor and meteorite articles.</DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_004E_01C3A439.C28BD160-- Received on Thu 06 Nov 2003 08:44:08 AM PST |
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