[meteorite-list] Wethersfield Meteorite - Part 1 of 4

From: Walter Branch <branchw_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Feb 25 12:21:49 2005
Message-ID: <008a01c51b5e$7ce586e0$6a01a8c0_at_DrCollman>

Here is a picture of the house and the meteorite:

http://www.branchmeteorites.com/hits/struckwethersfield.html

-Walter
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Subject: [meteorite-list] Wethersfield Meteorite - Part 1 of 4


> Hello Mark and List,
>
> There is a feature story in Sky & Telesxcope about the Wethersfield
> meteorite and the meteorite can be seen "in person" on the cover of
> this issue below:
>
> DENNIS di CICCO (1983) Target Wethersfield - Wethersfield meteorite:
> The odds were astronomical (Sky & Telescope, 1983 Feb., pp 118-119):
>
> A sign on the outskirts of this suburb south of Hartford proclaims,
'Wethersfield,
> Connecticut, first settled in 1634 as a trading post by John Oldham and
associates.'
> Residents may further tell you that it is one of the state's oldest
communities. But
> last November 8th the town acquired a far more notable status - in fact,
one which
> is unique in all the world. For the second time in less than a dozen
years, a meteo-
> rite not only fell there but crashed through the roof of a home. The
chance of such
> an occurrence is, well, just plain astronomical.
>
> It was about 9:15 p.m. Eastern standard time. Robert and Wanda Donahue
were sitting
> in the breezeway of their home watching 'M*A*S*H' on television when they
heard a
> muffled explosion in the front part of the house. It sounded 'like a truck
coming
> through the front door.
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Bernd
>
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