[meteorite-list] New FALL in Turkey

From: Rob McCafferty <rob_mccafferty_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 07:15:33 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <538511.49516.qm_at_web50914.mail.yahoo.com>

Was it Greece or Turkey where those guys got arrested
for taking photos at an airshow? Weren't the
imprisoned for something like 6 months and at the end
of it I don't think they were pardoned, just told to
go away and never come back. The brits might be able
to help me on this one.
Arrested for taking pictures...at an airshow!!
Whetever next?
"any net difference between what you eat to what you
excrete is surgically removed from your body before
you leave. When you go to the toilet, be sure to get a
reciept" (Thankyou Douglas Adams)

RMcC

--- Bjorn Sorheim <astrogeo at online.no> wrote:

> Thanks to Farmer, Seidel, Herkstroker, Fred and
> Matteo for the
> feedback on this.
>
> I had no idea about the laws on this in Turkey.
> Kichinka, in his book, make no mention of Turkey
> laws,
> but mention several other countries.
> Would Greece be similar to Turkey?
> I guess you are sure about the fact that meteorites
> fall
> in the categery of "cultural treasures"?
>
> Personally I can somewhat confirm (or not?) such
> matters
> from Turkey, as I also was there during the eclipse
> last sping, see:
>
http://home.online.no/~bsoerhei/astro/eclipse/060329/Phaselis.html
>
> Meteorites was not on my mind during the stay, but
> my interest in stones
> and geology made me pick up about one kg of typical
> pebbles and small
> stones at the southernmost beach, where the eclipse
> path crossed into Turkey
> from the south.
>
> I had a fully packed rucksack with my eclipse
> equipment and everything
> at the airport. As I had brought about 14.5 kg to
> Turkey the added stones
> brought the weight over 15 kg, so overweight. I
> don't know if that was the
> reason, but I was ordered to leave the sack at
> another counter than the rest.
> I didn't see it before arriving to Norway, so they
> must have checked it
> especially.
>
> Anyway, all the stones were there still, and it
> didn't look like they had gone
> through the sack either.
> I don't know what the conclusion would be here, but
> at least they don't
> seem to be going after ordinary stones.
>
> Bj?rn S?rheim
>
>
>
> > From: Michael Farmer [meteoriteguy at yahoo.com]
> > Sent: 2007-02-05 15:46:19 CET
> > To: Fred Caillou Noir [fred at caillou-noir.com],
> Bjorn Sorheim [astrogeo at online.no],
> meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New FALL in Turkey
> >
> > One reason would be that Turkey might in fact be
> the
> > most dangerous country in the world to remove a
> > meteorite from. Turkey has extreme laws about
> removal
> > of ANYTHING! People I know say that at the
> airports
> > there are warnings about removing even a pebble or
> sea
> > shell. Jail sentances are handed down for people
> > caught at the airport removing pieces of "cultural
> > treasures" and I think that they might not like
> their
> > newest meteorite fall leaving the country in a
> > carry-on.
> > I am going to pass on this one!
> > Michael farmer
> > --- Fred Caillou Noir <fred at caillou-noir.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Dear Bjorn and List,
> > >
> > > I agree with Bjorn, watching the pictures on the
> > > article there is no doubt that this is a stony
> > > meteorite and I would even risk a speculation
> that
> > > with the fair grey chips it looks like another
> > > LL6... OK, I know, one should wait until it is
> > > analysed of course! ;o))
> > > Good luck to hunters who will make the trip to
> > > Turkey!
> > > Best wishes,
> > >
> > > Fred
> > > Lyon, France
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Bjorn Sorheim" <astrogeo at online.no>
> > > To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> > > Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 9:42 PM
> > > Subject: [meteorite-list] New FALL in Turkey
> > >
> > >
> > > List.
> > > Hey, what's the matter with YOU Lot!
> > > There is A NEW FALL in Turkey is there NOT?!
> > > Why no dicussion frenzy?
> > > Why are you not SCRAMBLING to go there?!
> > > I'm shure MIKE is?!
> > > Looking at the pictures in the article, I can
> > > definitly say is
> > > a stony meteorite, no doubt about it I would
> say...
> > > (The only doubt is how much carbon it contains -
> > > haha!)
> > > Any more information about this fall? Links?
> > > I'm shure there must be more stones on the
> ground...
> > >
> > > Personally I heard a bang from above at 15:25 in
> the
> > > afternoon
> > > on that very day here in Norway(?). I even wrote
> it
> > > down in my
> > > notebook to check it later. Forgot about it
> untill
> > > today!
> > > Other norwegians have noted strong meteors going
> > > north to south
> > > about this time it now seems...
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Bj?rn S?rheim
> > >
> > > > From: Mike Groetz [mpg444 at yahoo.com]
> > > > Sent: 2007-02-03 03:41:09 CET
> > > > To: Meteorite List
> > > [meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com]
> > > > Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite lands in
> Didim
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
http://www.voicesnewspaper.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=477
> > >
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Received on Tue 06 Feb 2007 10:15:33 AM PST