[meteorite-list] PA Meteorite Search- personal update

From: John higgins <geohiggins_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:04:33 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <240443.77891.qm_at_web63208.mail.re1.yahoo.com>

Hello Meteorite?List Members,
Just dropping a line to give you all a update on my investigation,
Today I visited

Delta PA
Fawn Grove PA
New Park PA
Stewartstown PA
Right now I'm in?Freeland MD

I have been out and about asking around for clues to the whereabouts of the famous PA?fireball.
I would have to say that about 20% of the informants that I asked heard it or knows somebody who did, Have yet to meet an eye witness,?and from the data I gathered,?The informants are telling me that they believe its in the New Park area or at least that is the direction the explosive?sound was coming from. ?

My suspicions lead me to believe that it's possibly in the Susquehanna Trails Area,?However there is no hard?evidence that leads me to this conclusion. Only?the trajectory which i devised from reading the news reports and talking to people on the ground.

The terrain in this area is extremely rugged, hilly, and?overly abundant in?growing cornstalks, which would make a organized search?next to impossible, even if the search area is narrowed down to a mile or two. And you guys could forget about using CCTV's from car dealerships or the like because there is nothing around for miles and miles. I believe that without definitive pictures showing the exact trajectory of the fall?from several locations, finding this meteorite will be harder than finding?the proverbial?needle in a haystack. We are talking really rough?very sparsely populated?country!

Anyway I'm here and will continue the search tomorrow, If anybody wants to meet up, I truly believe that?we can accomplish more as a meteorite recovery team. give me a call at 973-687-9888

Good Luck to all you Meteorite Hunters!
Have a Great Day!
John Higgins
IMCA#9822


      
Received on Fri 10 Jul 2009 08:04:33 PM PDT