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

From: Meteorites USA <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:58:12 -0700
Message-ID: <4A37EB44.50104_at_meteoritesusa.com>

Hi Jan,

Thanks for the updates.

Try getting the name and contact info of the lab or person/scientist who
is examining the stone. If you or anyone could talk with them and get an
answer that would be great. Getting an interview with the boy is
probably pointless, as he's most likely been interviewed so many time
the story is probably tainted with exaggeration and embellishments.

Keep it up, and keep us updated...

Regards,
Eric





Jan Hattenbach wrote:
> 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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