[meteorite-list] Mad Rush For Meteorite Remnants In India

From: David Freeman <dfreeman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:36 2004
Message-ID: <3F9D4C5F.80508_at_fascination.com>

Dear Steven, List;
Sort of reminds me of those Hollywood movies, the sky is falling, the
sky is falling, all in their flaming terroristic glory, catching grass
on fire, burning cars, all comes tumbling down, even
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
Let it rain on CA,
Dave F.

Steve Schoner wrote:

> One thing that really strikes me as "funny" "odd" and even
> "extraordinary" is the trememdous amount of frenzy that accompanies a
> meteorite fall. It is almost as if mankind becomes "unhinged" by it.
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> No matter what culture, or civilization, people get excited to a
> frenzy by these things.
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> After all, they are just ROCKS !
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> (Albeit, strange rocks)
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> Steve Schoner/ams
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> Ron Baalke <baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:
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> http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/00427120015.htm
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> Orissa: Mad rush for meteorite remnants
> The Hindu (India)
> October 27, 2003
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> Kendrapara (UNI): It is all for the remnants of the meteorite,
> which crash landed at
> Suniti village in coastal Orissa on September 27.
>
> A mad rush has been on for the past few days, both in Suniti as
> well as adjoining
> villages, for pieces of the celestial object.
>
> With spades and crowbars in their hands, villagers are searching
> virtually each
> inch of the land where the meteorite had landed, with the hope of
> getting smaller
> pieces strewn around the field.
>
> The villagers are optimistic that the extra-terrestrial objects
> must have fallen
> on the paddy land and wanted to earn a fast buck by selling the
> remnants of
> meteorites to the research-oriented organisations.
>
> Remnants of 5.7 kg meteorite had already been taken over by the
> Geological Survey
> of India (GSI) for further study.
>
> The residents of Suniti and adjoining villages believe that God
> had given them an
> opportunity in the form of extra-terrestrial objects to earn money.
>
> The villagers were offered cash by several organisations, even by
> the government
> bodies in liue of the meteorite. There had also been a great rush
> from the
> officials and the scientists from across the country to the
> village to get the
> pieces of meteorite from the villages.
>
> Sources said that at least half a dozen celestial objects kept by
> the villagers
> had reportedly been disposed of at a rate fixed by the villagers.
> Some have still
> kept the extraterrestrial object with the hope of getting good
> luck in future.
>
> Some villagers, sources said, had collected the remnants to
> preserve it for future
> as the planetary objects carried religious sentiments.
>
> Kendrapara District Magistrate Hemant Sharma admitted that some of
> the pieces of
> meteorites were still in the possession of the villagers. He has
> asked the people
> to hand over the meteorite treated under ''National Treasures''
> category or face
> criminal proceedings.
>
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Received on Mon 27 Oct 2003 11:48:31 AM PST