[meteorite-list] A possible 'wrong and a probable 'wrong in the news

From: Michael Farmer <meteoriteguy_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:09:10 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <818761.70235.qm_at_web33104.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I know Thomas Osterberg, we hunted with them and their family last year in Muonionalusta. His daughter found a ~400 kilo piece last year, so it looks like they found the new main-mass this year.
Congrats to them, I will miss the white nights this year, I am not going ot Sweden, as I have other plans for this summer that involve the southern hemisphere, not the Arctic.
As the for the UK object, sounds pretty lame to me.
Michael Farmer


--- On Sat, 6/14/08, Dr. Svend Buhl <info at niger-meteorite-recon.de> wrote:

> From: Dr. Svend Buhl <info at niger-meteorite-recon.de>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] A possible 'wrong and a probable 'wrong in the news
> To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Date: Saturday, June 14, 2008, 8:56 AM
> as for the find near Kitkiojarvi, why is that supposed to be
> a "wrong" or
> "probable wrong"? The find location in mind this
> sounds rather like a big
> Muonionalusta to me. If so, my sincere congratulations to
> Thomas Osterberg!
>
> Svend
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Darren Garrison"
> <cynapse at charter.net>
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 4:29 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] A possible 'wrong and a
> probable 'wrong in the
> news
>
>
> http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/06/13/Giant_meteorite_found_in_Sweden/UPI-38431213396355/
>
> STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 13 (UPI) -- A massive meteorite
> weighing a
> staggering
> 2,607 pounds has been found near the northern Swedish
> village of
> Kitkiojarvi,
> officials say.
>
> Thomas Osterberg, one of the two people who found it, said
> it was the
> biggest
> meteorite ever found in Sweden, the Swedish news agency TT
> reported.
>
> He said it was egg-shaped, about one meter high with a
> diameter of about 70
> centimeters at its broadest.
>
> The finders say they hope to sell the whopper to the
> Swedish Museum of
> Natural
> History.
>
> "It must stay in Sweden," Osterberg said.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> http://www.winsfordguardian.co.uk/news/latestnews/3163460.Man_claims_a_meteorite_left_a_hole_in_his_garden/
>
> A WINSFORD man had an unwelcome visitor on Sunday night in
> the form of a
> small
> meteorite.
>
> Graham Brooks, 37, a heavy goods vehicle fitter, lives at
> his mother
> Christine's
> house at Railway Cottages in Rilshaw Lane.
>
> He was sitting at home looking at wedding magazines with
> his partner Karen
> at
> around 10.30pm when he heard a loud bang outside.
>
> When the couple went to see what had happened, they found a
> pile of stones
> and
> soil up against their caravan in the back garden and a
> small golf-ball sized
> hole in the ground leaving bits of silver fragments around
> it.
>
> Graham said: "It felt like a gas cylinder exploded or
> something and there
> was a
> very loud bang."
>
> The incident was believed to have been caused by a small
> meteorite hitting
> the
> ground that caused soil and stones to make dents in the
> caravan.
>
> Graham added: "I've never seen or heard anything
> like it before.
>
> "If it had been three feet closer then it would have
> come through the
> skylight
> in the roof and hit us.
>
> "It was as loud as a gunshot and the neighbours were
> gobsmacked.
>
> "I was very shocked by the incident and we're
> supposed to be getting married
> in
> September as well."
>
> Graham spoke to Terry O' Brian, who works for
> Manchester Museum, who asked
> Graham to post the bits to him for analysis but believes it
> might have been
> a
> meteorite from Graham's description.
>
> It is estimated to have caused around ?1,000 worth of
> damage to the caravan.
>
> Graham and his partner Karen are currently speaking with
> their insurance
> company
> to see if they are covered.
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