[meteorite-list] Lunar/Meteorite Samples Stolen from Car in Virginia

From: Michael Farmer <meteoriteguy_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Jan 16 02:10:04 2006
Message-ID: <20060116070856.88040.qmail_at_web33105.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I have a funny feeling that this will also turn up.
Anyone who opened it and saw NASA on the disk should
know it is worth something. I suggest the authorities
scan the pawn shops in the area.
I certainly hope it is found, and the thief caught.
The person who's car was broken into should be
punished. Leaving something like that in a car to be
stolen reeks of irresponsibility.
Mike Farmer

--- Axel Emmermann <axel.emmermann_at_pandora.be> wrote:

> Hello list,
>
> unlike that time in 2002 when lunar samples were
> stolen, the thief has not
> yet reached a high enough level of stupidity to
> attempt to offer the stolen
> rocks for sale on our MKA 's "virtual quarry" (
> http://www.minerant.org/vq.html#1963 ).
> Should he do so I will of course notify the
> authorities again... (LOL).
>
> Could there be a strategy behind these reoccurring
> thefts of lunar rocks?
> Maybe something like: "Hey, if we just let all the
> crooks have a piece of
> moon rock they finally might stop stealing them".
>
>
> Best regards
>
> # 15513 (still orbiting somewhere between Mars and
> Jupiter)
>
>
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> Ron Baalke
> Verzonden: zaterdag 14 januari 2006 2:33
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> Onderwerp: [meteorite-list] Lunar/Meteorite Samples
> Stolen from Car in
> Virginia
>
>
>
>
http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=4360855&nav=23ii
>
> Lunar Rock Samples Stolen from Car in Virginia Beach
> wavy.com
> January 13, 2006
>
> Samples of lunar rocks were stolen from a car in
> Virginia Beach Tuesday,
> and police need your help in locating them.
>
> Police say around 3:24 p.m., they responded to a
> call in the 300 block
> of Garcia Drive. When they arrived, the victim told
> them a projector,
> and a silver briefcase containing a sample of rare
> lunar rocks had been
> stolen from his car.
>
> The lunar rocks are entrusted to contracted
> instructors by NASA for
> educational purposes. They are sealed within two
> clear plastic disks,
> as you see pictured on the right.
>
> The disks are labeled in the center with the words
> "meteorite samples"
> and "lunar samples." The samples pose no risk to
> the public.
>
> Anyone with information regarding this crime is
> encouraged to call
> Virginia Beach Crime Solvers at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.
>
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