[meteorite-list] 100 year old meteorite story from Sweden

From: Sterling K. Webb <kelly_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Sep 6 20:17:52 2005
Message-ID: <431E318D.D9A74396_at_bhil.com>

Hi,

    You're probably referring to:

    BLECKENSTAD,
    Ostergotland, Sweden, April 11, 1925

"A meteor was observed, leaving a trail
of smoke. Stones are said to have
fallen, and fragments of a white, porous
limestone were picked up, differing from
the local rocks. The possibly meteoritic
nature of this material has been the subject
of considerable discussion, N. Zenzen
(1942, 1943); A. Hadding (1943); F.C. Cross
(1947). Pseudometeorite, F.E. Wickman
& A. Uddenberg-Anderson (1982)."

    If this is the stone I'm thinking of, Zenzen,
who was head of the Sweden Geological Survey
or Museum, or equivalent official and a prominent
geologist, wrote extensively on it. The witness
account is perfectly consistently with "the real
thing" and the stone is fossilerous limestone.
    All that happened is that he ruined his
reputation and lost his job. Sad. I posted a
long investigation report about it and it may
still be in the archives if they go back far
enough.
    The explanation is blindingly simple.
It's a "terrestrial" meteorite., blasted off the
Earth by impact and returned to the Earth
100,000's of years later, instead of wandering
the System or ending up on Mars or Venus...
    The simulations of interplanetary transport
by Melosh, Gladman, and others, always
show a fair percentage of impact "liberated"
materials returning to their world of origin.
    Nininger found a fossilliferous meteorite
too, with a thin calcinated fusion crust and
wrote, briefly, about it, but he, unlike Zenzen,
knew when to shut up.


Sterling K. Webb
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chris aubeck wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Last year, on September 21st, I received a reply on this list from
> G?ran Axelsson which ended, enigmatically:
>
> "As a sidenote there were a meteorite found in sweden almost 100 years
> ago with fossiles in it. Anyone want to debunk that one?
>
> :-)
>
> /G?ran"
>
> I was seriously interested in seeing a copy of the original article,
> but unfortunately Mr. Axelsson didn't reply. Can anyone tell me
> anything about it? This is exactly what I collect and study.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Chris
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