[meteorite-list] Meteor may have landed in Area 52

From: Meteorites USA <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:57:27 -0800
Message-ID: <4B0C2C97.6070108_at_meteoritesusa.com>

Hey Rob,

Yes you're right about the area of land, and the chances of it hitting
something of that size is just as good as another land mass that size,
and it will probably give the conspiracy theorists lots of ammo to use
for a long time to come.

However I was referring more to the unlucky fact that if it did land on
the base, besides the oceans of the world, the base is perhaps the least
most desirable place for a meteorite to land considering the possible
loss to science if no one is ever able to recover any of the stones.

Hello! Some military personell aren't allowed into certain areas of the
base, much less a civilian scientist or meteorite hunter. Who would
think that an asteroid that floated around in our solar system for
billions of years finally came screaming through our atmosphere only to
land in the middle of a super secret military installation which no one
but people with the highest security clearance has access to. Hmmm...

Jeez... Talk about a bummer...

Regards,
Eric





Matson, Robert D. wrote:
>
> Hi Eric,
>
> Statistically unfortunate, but yes, it fell on Dugway Proving Grounds.
> (I'm sure this will be great fodder for George Noory, Coast-to-Coast AM,
> conspiracy theorists in general, and Tin Hat People in particular.)
>
> Given that Dugway is the size of Rhode Island, which is incidentally
> large enough to accommodate every living man, woman and child standing
> in their own 3-by-3 foot square (actually, about 2.86' x 2.86'), it is
> not that improbable that a fall should occur there. Or at least no more
> improbable than a fall over Rhode Island.
>
> --Rob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com on behalf of
> Meteorites USA
> Sent: Tue 11/24/2009 12:24 AM
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteor may have landed in Area 52
>
> Not something new, but something that I find rather, well, perplexing...
>
> Imagine the luck, or lack thereof for meteorite hunters and scientists,
> of the largest fireball in the United States in years, (at least since
> I've been into meteorites), most probably a decade, happening over one
> of the worlds most secretive and secure military bases on the face of
> the planet.
>
> I mean come on, what are the chances?
>
> Pretty good I would say... So is it there?
>
> You decide...
>
> ---------------------------------------------
> By Michael McFall
> News Editor: The Daily Utah Chronicle
> Published: Friday, November 20, 2009
> Updated: Saturday, November 21, 2009
> http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/news/meteor-may-have-landed-in-area-52-1.2092650
>
> Scientists have evidence that the massive meteor that turned the night
> sky into day for two seconds Wednesday night might have exploded in the
> atmosphere above the reputed Area 52-an extremely dangerous, mysterious
> patch of Utah desert.
>
> Patrick Wiggins, NASA Ambassador to Utah and Robert Matson, senior
> scientist for Applied Science International, believe the cosmic rock
> blew up as it burned through the atmosphere above Tooele County, based
> on interpretations of recorded seismic activity information and the
> meteor's perceived trajectory. The meteor pieces would've landed within
> a mile of where the meteor exploded -- but unfortunately, that means
> they would have landed in the Dugway Proving Ground-an area of the
> western Utah desert, bigger than Rhode Island, where the U.S. Army tests
> chemical, biological and radioactive warfare, an area that is rumored to
> be the new Area 51.
>
> "It's a restricted area," Wiggins said. "I seriously doubt anyone can go
> out there."
>
> The U.S. Army tested thousands of bombs in the gigantic military
> reservation, according to the U.S. General Accounting Office. But the
> area is more colloquially known as Area 52 for all of the reported UFO
> sightings. Rumors circulate that the Dugway Proving Grounds is where the
> U.S. Government transferred all of the Area 51 alien research after
> public scrutiny drew too much attention.
>
> No military personnel have found a meteor shard, said Dugway Proving
> Ground spokesman Al Vogel.
>
> Wiggins said he heard a local Utah man is trying to get permission from
> the military to take an expedition out into the desert to find what's
> left of the meteor, likely a straggler from the Leonid meteor shower
> that the Earth was passing.
>
> "I had one gentleman call me about an hour ago," Vogel said. "He works
> for the advertising agency as the Clark Planetarium as a client. He has
> friends who want to go meteor hunting."
>
> Vogel is strongly discouraging anyone from venturing into "Area 52"
> looking for the meteor. It's an enormous remote desert with no cell
> phone reception, no military patrol passing any given area for more than
> a week, where they still regularly test weapons. There are even areas of
> the desert too dangerous even for approved military personnel to travel
> through, Vogel said.
>
> Relu Burlacu, seismograph network manager, said there's nothing to
> suggest where the meteor pieces might have landed, based on the U's
> seismograph station's recorded activity from Wednesday's early-morning
> hours.
>
> Vogel also denied that Dugway Proving Ground houses any alien
> technology, but acknowledged the reputation the military facility has
> garnered is entertaining to some of its employees.
>
> --------------------------------------------
>
> Enjoy...
>
> Regards,
> Eric Wichman
> Meteorites USA
> www.meteoritesusa.com
>
Received on Tue 24 Nov 2009 01:57:27 PM PST