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

From: ensoramanda at ntlworld.com <ensoramanda_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:29:11 +0000
Message-ID: <20091119182911.3C6SF.11105.root_at_web07-winn.ispmail.private.ntl.com>

Another picture here showing the so called impact place/pit!!

http://208.62.60.4/78/printer_1564.shtml

Could a small iron like that falling at terminal velocity produce that in what looks like very hard ground?....looks artificial to me. (unless some excavation was done to retrieve it)

I would have thought though that Don must have seen many meteorites and respect his thoughts....but as the latest discussion has shown...very few fresh irons have been seen just after they fell and I still think this does not look like it should....unless the photographs are very poor, making it look browner and glossier than it really is?

Would be interesting to have it tested to see if it has been cleaned and treated in some way.

I could be wrong, but....

Graham UK




---- 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
> >
> > >
> >
> > > ---- Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com> wrote:
> >
> > >>
> >
> > >>
> >
> > >> http://www.hutchnews.com/Localregional/spacerock
> >
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