[meteorite-list] some Japanese researchers question US Colorado fall

From: Matson, Robert <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 13:13:39 -0800
Message-ID: <A8044CCD89B24B458AE36254DCA2BD0701DFBC99_at_0005-its-exmp01.us.saic.com>

Hi Alex and List,

Yep, out here -- just working a program offsite so don't have as easy
access to my e-mail. Marco already did an excellent job forwarding
the precise info for this rocket body reentry -- there is zero chance
this was anything else. The video alone is ample evidence against it
being a meteor. Velocity, velocity, velocity -- it tells you every
time.

Like Alex, I would love to have seen this in person. And as for
"packing bags", why not? Space junk reentries are MUCH MUCH
rarer than meteorite-producing meteors!

Dirk opined:

> If you believe all of what you read or watch on TV
> or what your government tells you, then you can state
> what you have stated. Both events will be confirmed
> within a day or so, so let`s wait for the facts to
> hopefully come out. Indications are not facts, but
> they may be proven later to be fact.

Can't yet speak to the New Jersey iron-bearing specimen, but you
can certainly consider the Soyuz reentry to be FACT. I've got
the satellite tracking code and data to prove it -- no need to
rely on news outlets (which I would never trust to get a developing
space/astronomy/science story correct).

Cheers,
Rob
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