[meteorite-list] Kansas father, son suspect meteorite landed in backyard of their Liberal home

From: Jason Utas <meteoritekid_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:58:34 -0800
Message-ID: <93aaac890911171558k4fe24308le96d0104d021b2a9_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hello All,
A '2-inch' meteorite just made a 1 foot deep hole?
Well, I suppose the rock could be a meteorite - I wasn't able to find
any pictures online - but it sure sounds like the kid is lying about
the impact and the hole it made, unless it landed in a pile of soft
sand. That's just too big of a hole for too small of a rock.
Regards,
Jason


On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Greg Stanley <stanleygregr at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> List:
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> Anyone hear about this story? Or is anyone in the area?
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> Greg S.
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> http://www.fox4kc.com/news/sns-ap-ks--meteoritelands,0,7509187.story
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> Kansas father, son suspect meteorite landed in backyard of their Liberal home
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> By Associated Press
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> 4:01 AM CST, November 17, 2009
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> LIBERAL, Kan. (AP) ? A father and son have an extraterrestrial explanation for the strange rock that recently landed in their backyard in southwest Kansas.
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> They are convinced it's a meteorite.
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> Ten-year-old Chandler Harp was playing in the backyard of his Liberal home when he heard what sounded like an explosion about 15 feet from where he was standing. He looked over to see a plume of dirt and debris shoot 5 feet high.
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> At the bottom of a foot-deep hole, he found a 2-inch rock and showed it to his dad, Lee.
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> Once Lee Harp got a look at the metallic rock, he was certain it wasn't from this world. He says, "I knew he had a meteorite."
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