[meteorite-list] NPA 01-23-1990 Haag Tries To Sneak 37-ton Campo Del Cielo Meteorite

From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Oct 25 15:51:33 2004
Message-ID: <BAY4-F7Zqou2VythhOj00012488_at_hotmail.com>

Paper: Daily Herald
City: Chicago, Illinois
Date: Tuesday, January 23, 1990
Page: Section I, News 3

Two Americans try to sneak 37-ton meteorite out of Argentina

Associated Press

     RESISTENCIA, Argentina - Police nabbed two U.S. citizens who tried to
make off with a 37-ton meteorite that had become a landmark of northern
Argentina, a newspaper reported Monday.
     La Nacion said Jeffrey W. Smith, 31, and Robert Haag, 33, of Tucson,
Ariz., were detained Sunday after police, told by residents the meteorite
was missing, became suspicious of a small convoy that included a heavy truck
with a winch.
     The meteorite measures 10 by 6 1/2 feet and was discovered July 8,
1980, 185 miles west of Resistencia.

(end)

I can almost imagine the police conversations...


"Police, the 37 ton meteorite is missing."

"Are you sure?".

(fill in the line with answer)


Clear Skies,
Mark Bostick
www.meteoritearticles.com




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Clear Skies,
Mark Bostick
www.meteoritearticles.com
Received on Mon 25 Oct 2004 01:46:49 PM PDT