[meteorite-list] Biophysicist confirms Liberal boy's meteorite discovery

From: Gary Fujihara <fujmon_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:56:59 -1000
Message-ID: <260307C4-A301-474B-ACC3-1B980BF23447_at_mac.com>

Aloha Jason,

Agreed that this boy?s story sounds bogus. But the last sentence of the story explains things clearly. "...the fifth-grader said he still wants to be an engineer and build things."

Well he certainly engineered a fine fairy tale. Guess he couldn't wait for the "Tell a Fairy Tale Day", held officially on Feb 26 in the US:
http://www.gone-ta-pott.com/tell_a_fairy_tale_day.html

Cheers,
gary

On Nov 19, 2009, at 1:45 AM, Jason Utas wrote:

> Graham, All,
> Exactly what I was thinking when I saw the iron - well, that and think
> about it - a 47g meteorite just made a foot-deep crater, sending
> material five feet into the air?
> The whole story is ridiculous - such a stone should have made a little
> dent in the ground (we're talking a inch or two) - it wouldn't be
> unremarkable if someone standing fifteen feet away didn't notice it
> fall, or simply assumed someone had thrown a rock at them.
> This sounds like another sensationalist looking for their moment of fame.
> Bah.
> Jason
>
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 3:34 AM, <ensoramanda at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Strange....as there is all this talk at the moment about fresh iron 'fusion crust' then this does not look like a fresh iron fall but just like one of the treated sikhote alins I just mentioned in my last post!!!
>>
>> Dubious!
>>
>> Graham
>>
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Received on Thu 19 Nov 2009 10:56:59 AM PST