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

From: Jason Utas <meteoritekid_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:05:03 -0800
Message-ID: <93aaac890911191005v15290bdauea48a7fe3055e962_at_mail.gmail.com>

Mike, All,
Two problems - 1) how do you explain the foot-deep hole? It's one
thing to exaggerate a thumping sound, but a hole tends to be pretty
tangible evidence. Either there is a foot-deep hole or there isn't.
Someone should go check, perhaps...
2) Check out the odds. Even if it were a meteorite, the odds that
this fall would be an iron are akin to one in a hundred (as opposed to
its being a stone). Beyond that, take a look at the iron - it looks
to be identical to one of the most common iron falls on the market.
Ridiculously rare fall (it happened during the Leonids, no less, with
no observations of a fireball), or easy-to-stage hoax.
I stand by what I said before.
Jason

On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Michael Fowler <mqfowler at mac.com> wrote:
> Meteorite Hoax, or meteorite exaggeration?
>
> As a meteorite hoax, it is missing many of the classic symptoms, no flaming trail, no red hot iron at the bottom of the hole etc.
>
> Let me propose an alternate explanation: ?The size of the hole and the material shooting 5 feet high was an exaggeration, but it actually is a real fall.
>
> Mike Fowler
> Chicago
>
>
>> 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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>> > ---- Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com> wrote:
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>> >> http://www.hutchnews.com/Localregional/spacerock
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