[meteorite-list] One can't be right all the time : )

From: Dave Myers <whitefalcons007_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:46:03 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <837412.81387.qm_at_web110108.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

Hi Mike and list

That might be space junk,
In march of 2003 a square metal object 5x5" (with hole in center) came through the roof of Kristy Blair,(Middletown Ohio) while her and 7 week old son were lying on the bed. The object hit the bed bounced off hitting the floor. They were lucky no one got hurt. Nasa ordered middletown police to hold the object under lock-key until they came to pick it up. This happened about 44 days after the columbia exploded on 2-1-03. But Nasa said
it could not have been from that.
The pictures at the time showed the metal to be burnt and melting on the surface. It also showed what looked like a searise of numbers and US stamped on the object. Full story was printed by Cincinnati Enquire
Dave Myers


--- On Sun, 11/22/09, Michael Murray <mmurray at montrose.net> wrote:

> From: Michael Murray <mmurray at montrose.net>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] One can't be right all the time : )
> To: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Sunday, November 22, 2009, 7:41 PM
> Hello List,
> By following some of my home do-it-yourself'er rule of
> thumb tests, I thought for a while this piece of metal might
> be a meteorite.? It was heavily coated with rust or
> mineral coating.? I put it in CLR for a few days and
> here is what I found:
>
> <http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p124/mmurray_02/IMG_1145.jpg>
>
> <http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p124/mmurray_02/IMG_1146.jpg>
>
> <http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p124/mmurray_02/IMG_1147.jpg>
>
> Its what appears to be the end of a 3/8" bolt or it's near
> equivalent in metric size.? To my eye, it has some of
> the same surface features as one might expect to find on a
> small iron meteorite.? It sure threw me, I first
> thought it might be an iron meteorite, at least until I got
> it cleaned up and saw the remanent threads.
>
> Mike in CO
>
> ps, For fun... What do you see in this picture, a honeycomb
> with holes or bumps?? Look at it for a bit, then scroll
> down so it is out of sight and then scroll back up to see it
> again.? Any difference?
>
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