[meteorite-list] Wingstars

From: Jeff Grossman <jgrossman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Nov 9 16:16:36 2006
Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20061109160518.03b03b08_at_usgs.gov>

Here is a message I sent to the meteorite-list way back on
10/28/1998. A Library of Congress search confirms that Russell T.
Wing was born in 1891, so I was right... he was 93 when I met him in 1984.

jeff

>The definitive work on the subject of "meteorwrong denial" is:
>
>"The Discovery of the Wingstars: Volume II, The Evidence" by
>Russell T. Wing, Wingstar Research Soc., Deephaven, Minnesota,
>1971. LC 76-144396.
>
>For those that haven't seen this marvel, here are the opening two
>pages:
>
>[quote]
>The world often ridicules
>and gags
>before it can swallow and digest
>a revolutionary innovation
>or discovery
>--------------------------------------------------------------
>THE TEXTBOOK OF THE
>WINGSTARS
>Terrestrial-type meteorites
>("TERRESTRIALITES")
>
>QUARTZ-PETRIFIED WOOD
>FOSSILS
>REMAINS OF PREHISTORIC LIFE
>
>FROM THE SKY
>
>THE LOG OF THE
>GREATEST DISCOVERY
>SINCE COLUMBUS
>
>He presented evidence of another livable continent.
>Now, space fossils present evidence of other livable planets.
>
>A BREAKTHROUGH OF SHOCKING AND VIVID
>PROOF
>THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE
>
>[end quote]
>
>This is required reading for everybody who deals with meteorwrongs.
>Wing was quite a character, but I'm sure he must be dead by now. When I
>saw him at the Met Soc meeting (either La Jolla, 1980 or Albuquerque,
>1984) he was certainly near 90 years old. He claimed to have
>invented the first camper-vehicle in 1915, the helicopter in 1917,
>the Parker pen in 1938, and Wingstars in 1970.
>
>jeff

At 03:40 PM 11/9/2006, Sterling K. Webb wrote:
>Hi,
>
> "Wingstars" are meteor-wrongs. A gentleman named
>Russell T. Wing published "The Discovery of the Wingstars,
>Volume I and II," decades ago. It's a classic case of delusion;
>he saw "meteorites" everywhere: quartz ones, linestone ones,
>petrified wood ones...
> The books are the best collection of color plates of
>meteor-wrongs ever made, though.
>
>Sterling K. Webb
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>----- Original Message ----- From: jwb7772_at_netzero.net
>To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
>Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 9:55 PM
>Subject: [meteorite-list] Wingstars
>
>
>Hi List!
> Has anyone ever heard of wingstars? They look just like
> meteorites, but no nickel! I have seen a book on them but can't
> remember the name of it. Anyone know of it? Jim Balister
>
>
>
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Dr. Jeffrey N. Grossman phone: (703) 648-6184
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