[meteorite-list] FW: Cryptic AZ fall?

From: Sean T. Murray <stm_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 23:09:29 -0500
Message-ID: <1E33F1BC01F94A1A97CCEE55CB4F980D_at_Platinum2>

Nicely done Frank :)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Cressy" <fcressy at prodigy.net>
To: <dave at fallingrocks.com>; "Fries, Marc D (3225)"
<marc.d.fries at jpl.nasa.gov>; "meteorite list"
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 10:38 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] FW: Cryptic AZ fall?


Hi Dave and all,

Great work! For those interested...and you should be.

Put the clue letters in groups of seven from top to bottom, read result from
left to right.


WWWDOTF
ALLINGR
OCKSDOT
COMSLAS
HWHETST
ONEAZMO
NOGRAPH

and get this:

WWWDOTFALLINGROCKSDOTCOMSLASHWHETSTONEAZMONOGRAPH

or www.fallingrocks.com/whetstoneazmonograph

Cheers,

Frank




----- Original Message ----
From: Dave Gheesling <dave at fallingrocks.com>
To: "Fries, Marc D (3225)" <marc.d.fries at jpl.nasa.gov>; meteorite list
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wed, November 4, 2009 5:45:00 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] FW: Cryptic AZ fall?

BINGO, Marc! Whetstone Mountains. Good work! For those interested, see
the start of the sentences in the original post...

Will leave the following out for a few minutes before posting the reason for
the cryptic post in the first place. You'll beat me there if you crack this
one. Hint this time: count the characters.

WAOCHONWLCOWNOWLKMHEGDISSEARONDLTZATGOASMPFRTSTOH

All the best,

Dave
www.fallingrocks.com

-----Original Message-----
From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Fries,
Marc D (3225)
Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 8:03 PM
To: meteorite list
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] FW: Cryptic AZ fall?

Hm. Whetstone Mts., perhaps?

Cheers,
MDF


On 11/4/09 5:52 PM, "Dave Gheesling" <dave at fallingrocks.com> wrote:

> <<whether you realize it or not, the meteorite's name is staring right
> at
> you>>
> <<who's going to be the first to figure it out?>>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Dave
> Gheesling
> Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 6:55 PM
> To: 'meteorite list'
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Cryptic AZ fall?
>
> What is the official name of the meteorite that fell in southern
> Arizona this summer? Heard it was "Benson" from someone. Everybody
> was looking for that one, but it's been quiet since Jack Schrader posted
his announcement.
> This is probably because of all the other distractions.
>
> Stone number one was recovered by Schrader, a meteorite hunter, less
> than 45 hours after the fall. That's a first, at least here in the United
States.
> Only European meteorite hunter Thomas Grau, I think, has triangulated
> and personally recovered the first stone from a fall before Schrader?
> Not nearly as quickly as Schrader found his piece, but almost
> improbable to believe this could happen twice in the same year and
> never before! Everyone out in the southwest hunted for the meteorite,
> but presumably no one else found a piece.
>
> Memory tells me that Schrader was very concerned with doing good field
> science around this fall - with documenting the event and mapping the
> strewn field? Only a few hunters were brought into his recovery project.
> Unusually enough, virtually nothing has been said publicly about this
> "new Arizona fall." Not until today, anyway.
>
> This is the first step towards formally introducing the meteorite to
> the public. Arizona's second-ever witnessed fall. It has been a real
> honor to have documented the event and recovery for Schrader. Now,
> whether you realize it or not, the meteorite's name is staring right
> at you. Shouldn't take long.so, who's going to be the first to figure it
out?
>
> Dave Gheesling
> IMCA #5967
> www.fallingrocks.com
>
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