[meteorite-list] Documented Human strikes

From: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: 14 May 2009 16:47:40 UT
Message-ID: <DIIE.0000003A00003BEE_at_paulinet.de>

Hello Matthias and List,

> http://www.fallingrocks.com/Collections/Mbale.htm

The same picture but black & white can also
be found on p. 247 of an article in Meteoritics!

=> The Mbale meteorite shower, Meteoritics 29-2, Mar 1994, pp. 246-254 <=

The text says: "This young boy is the first to survive the common fear of a
meteorite fall, that is, to be hit on the head. The meteorite, No. 23 weighing
3.6 grams was slowed down by the leaves of a banana plant."

.. and, the incident was mentioned a in Sky & Tel. article but there is no picture
of the boy - Sky & Telescope, June 1993, pp. 96-97: The Day That Rained Stones

"As far as we know, no one was injured during the falls - incredible considering
the dozens of meteorites that must have rained down on that densely populated
area. A 4-gram fragment did hit a boy from Doko on the head, but he was not hurt."


Best wishes,

Bernd
Received on Thu 14 May 2009 12:47:40 PM PDT