[meteorite-list] Meteorite Hits 14 Year Old Boy?

From: Jan Hattenbach <jan.hattenbach_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:11:30 +0200
Message-ID: <20090616151130.52220_at_gmx.net>

Hello list,

no news so far. I just talked to the author of the original article. He confirmed the story. The stone is currently being investigated and the boy is planning to do a TV-interview, in which the whole story is supposed to be resolved. I am eager to see what comes out. I still do not believe...

Regards, Jan

-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:11:34 +0200
> Von: "Jan Hattenbach" <jan.hattenbach at gmx.de>
> An: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hits 14 Year Old Boy?

> Hello list,
>
> This story, in my very humble opinion, is rubbish. But I tried to convince
> myself and phoned the newspaper that has published it first. No detailled
> answer yet, the lady said "the stone is beeing inspected", did not know by
> whom. I will later try again to speak with one of the responsibles of the
> article. Will let you know if I learn something new!
>
> Cheers, Jan
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> > Datum: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:26:22 +0200
> > Von: "Martin Altmann" <altmann at meteorite-martin.de>
> > An: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> > Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hits 14 Year Old Boy?
>
> > Yep,
> >
> > but the headlines are changing, sometimes to a super-dramatic "Teen
> > Survives
> > direct hit from a 30,000 mph space rock"
> >
> > and also the details in the story get embroidered.
> > Sometimes the boy was going home, sometimes he tried to catch the school
> > bus. Completley new is, that his ears were ringing for hours after the
> > fall
> > happened.
> > And his scar id getting longer, the "crater" broader and the "meteorite"
> > faster and faster! (record I read was 250,000 mph).
> >
> > So far I remember only one article in English language, where a critical
> > voice was heard - when somebody asked Darryll Pitt.
> >
> > A clarification or disclaimer we never will read.
> > As after the news has lost its sensation and is getting old, it will be
> > over.
> >
> > Like it was with the Grandma from UK, the girl from UK or Grampa's
> arbour
> > burnt down by meteoritic fire in Germany,
> > There you never heard about again.
> >
> > Best!
> > Martin
> >
> > -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Meteorites USA [mailto:eric at meteoritesusa.com]
> > Gesendet: Montag, 15. Juni 2009 17:36
> > An: Martin Altmann; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> > Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hits 14 Year Old Boy?
> >
> > Hi Martin,
> >
> > Thanks again for the link...
> >
> > This story is running rampant across the whole internet. You can't surf
> > the web without running into this story. And worse... It's all merely
> > the same thing being repeated and retold all over the web from the
> > original story. No verification, no reliable test results, and no fact
> > checking at all. Just rampant rumor... It's dumb that people can't find
> > out what really happened before posting this story all over. Even
> > Discovery magazine posted something about it, though in a debunking sort
> > of way. Normally I would have posted an article on my site about this by
> > now on something this significant, but without any verification it's
> > pointless.
> >
> > Jeez, if it's real then I'm totally stoked! This would be an historical
> > event to say the least. But either way someone needs to do some
> > investigation and post the truth about it regardless of what that truth
> > turns out to be. Too bad I don't speak German, I'd be all over this
> story!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Eric Wichman
> > Meteorites USA
> >
> >
> > Martin Altmann wrote:
> > > Ja but they're changing the story to make it more interesting.
> > >
> > > Read from U.K.
> > >
> > > "Chemical tests on the rock have now proved it is from outer space.
> > >
> > > Ansgar Korte, director of Germany's Walter Hohmann Observatory, said:
> > "It's
> > > a real meteorite, therefore it is very valuable to collectors and
> > > scientists."
> > >
> > >
> > > And here is the original, they're referring to:
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.derwesten.de/nachrichten/staedte/essen/2009/6/9/news-122291315/de
> > > tail.html
> > >
> > >
> > > Where Korte is quoted:" If it's really a true meteorite, then the
> > specimen
> > > will have a certain value for collectors and mineralogists"
> > >
> > > And in the following he recommends places, where the stone could be
> > tested,
> > > whether it is a meteorite.
> > >
> > >
> > > That story of course is rubbish.
> > > A prank, not more.
> > >
> > > Martin
> > >
> > > Btw. it seems to be a boy...
> > >
> > > -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> > > Von: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> > > [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von
> > > Meteorites USA
> > > Gesendet: Freitag, 12. Juni 2009 19:20
> > > An: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> > > Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hits 14 Year Old Girl? Boy?
> > >
> > > Hi Listees,
> > >
> > > The story has gone worldwide fast... The reports are merely repeating
> > > what the original report stated and from what I can see there is no
> > > verification...
> > >
> > > Skeptical? Is anyone else researching this? Maybe one of our German
> > > friends on-list might lend a hand and call the local paper there that
> > > first broke the story and see if they can get an interview with the
> boy
> > > to help confirm or verify what actually happened?
> > >
> > > ----------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Yahoo News UK:
> > >
> >
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090612/tod-boy-hit-by-meteorite-travelling-at-3
> > > -870a197.html
> > >
> > > Space.com:
> > > http://www.space.com/news/090612-boy-hit-by-meteorite.html
> > >
> > > FoxNews.com
> > > http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,525992,00.html
> > >
> > >
> > > SkyNews.com
> > >
> >
> http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Boy-Hit-On-Arm-By-White-Hot-Mete
> > >
> >
> orite-From-Outer-Space-Travelling-At-30000mph/Article/200906215302251?lpos=W
> > >
> >
> orld_News_First_Strange_News__Article_Teaser_Region__0&lid=ARTICLE_15302251_
> > > Boy_Hit_On_Arm_By_White-Hot
> > >
> >
> <http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Boy-Hit-On-Arm-By-White-Hot-Met
> > >
> >
> eorite-From-Outer-Space-Travelling-At-30000mph/Article/200906215302251?lpos=
> > >
> >
> World_News_First_Strange_News__Article_Teaser_Region__0&lid=ARTICLE_15302251
> > > _Boy_Hit_On_Arm_By_White-Hot>
> > >
> > > Daily Telegraph: Australia
> > >
> >
> http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25625253-5012895,00.html
> > >
> > > ---------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Has there been confirmation yet? If... And this is a BIG IF. If this
> is
> > > a real story and th boy really did get hit with a meteorite there
> could
> > > be more meteorite on th ground. This would be a very famous fall to
> > > recover if it turns out to be verifiable!
> > >
> > > Can anyone confirm?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Eric Wichman
> > > Meteorites USA
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Meteorites USA wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi all,
> > >>
> > >> This just in...
> > >>
> > >> Two German news sites report a 14 year old was hit by a meteorite.
> > >>
> > >> ------------------------------------------
> > >>
> > >> "...A pebble-sized meteorite crashed and burned into Earth, grazing
> > >> 14-year-old Gerritt Blank while on his way to catch the school
> bus..."
> > >>
> > >> Meteor hits boy on way to school
> > >> Published: 11 Jun 09 11:46 CET
> > >>
> > >> ?At first, I only saw a big, white ball of light. Then, my hand
> hurt,
> > >> and then it slammed into the street,? he told daily /Westdeutsche
> > >> Allgemeine Zeitung/. ?After I saw the white light, I felt something
> on
> > >> my hand.?
> > >>
> > >> The result was a 10-centimetre burn on the back of his left hand, but
> > >> Blank knew something special had happened to him.
> > >>
> > >> ?I thought the meteor struck me, but it could also be a result from
> > >> the heat as it went by me,? he said.
> > >>
> > >> After the intial shock, Blank looked at the glowing rock the left a
> > >> sizable crater in Brakeler Wald Street. He then took the iced tea
> from
> > >> his school lunch and doused his glowing pebble and took it to school
> > >> with him.
> > >>
> > >> ?At school, I told the story. My classmates believed me,? he said.
> > His
> > >> parents didn?t get to hear the story until the end of the school
> day.
> > >>
> > >> Once home, Blank, who plans to focus his studies in science, tested
> > >> the round, black object and already found some confirmation the
> pebble
> > >> is from outer space: like many meteorites, the rock is magnetic.
> > >>
> > >> Approximately 3,000 meteorites hit the Earth?s surface daily.
> > >>
> > >> SOURCE: http://www.thelocal.de/national/20090611-19857.html
> > >>
> > >> -------------------------------------------
> > >>
> > >> Another site reports:
> > >>
> > >> SPACE ATTACK Girl hit by stone from sky
> > >>
> > >> SPACE ATTACK. The girl shows the spot where the stone fell.
> > >> A girl from Essen, Germany has been hit by a stone falling from the
> > >> sky. The 14-year old said: ?I was on my way to school. I saw a white
> > >> cone of light. Then my hand started hurting.? The stone made a 10cm
> > >> cut in her hand and then fell to the ground. ?I poured ice tea over
> it
> > >> and took it with me,? she said. But where did the stone come from?
> > >> Could it be a meteorite? Experts will have to explain.
> > >>
> > >> SOURCE:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> >
> http://www.bild.de/BILD/news/bild-english/home/regularieninhalte/world-news-
> > > ticker/world/2009/06/11/stone-falling-from-space-hits-girl.html
> > >
> > >> --------------------------------------------
> > >>
> > >> So is it a boy or a girl? And what is the stone that hit them?
> > >>
> > >> Anyone else have any info?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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