[meteorite-list] Latvian Meteorite

From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:50:07 -0500
Message-ID: <4AF680A737B946C5B9FA9D24DB28B065_at_ATARIENGINE2>

Hi, List,

    This "crater" shows every sign of being caused
by the collapse of soil into an underground void
of some kind, natural or artificial. The slope of the
walls (~45 degrees), the near-perfect circularity,
the total absence of any material beyond the
outline of the "crater" all point to this origin, even
the linear "slip-slope" striations on the walls. No
explosive event could have caused what we see
in the few photos.

    My two cents worth, equal to about 0.01 Latvian
Lat (LVL) at the current exchange rate.


Sterling K. Webb
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From: "G?ran Axelsson" <axelsson at acc.umu.se>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Latvian Meteorite


It looks fake to me too. The sides are too shallow to be created by an
impact. It looks more like something created by a blast in soft clay
than a shock wave from an impact. If you compare it to other similar
craters it doesn't look right (Sikhote-Aline, Carancas).
I believe that a hard impactor in a hard target would create a shallower
crater but in a soft target it would penetrate deeper and make a steeper
crater. Like a bullet striking a bullet proof glass creates a flat wide
crater while in water or dirt it travels a long way before it stops.

Then we have the fire that is a dead giveaway.

  :-D

Anyhow, it seems to be a massive hoax unless it was blasted. Either it
was dug by hand by 50 people in one week or blasted with two tons of
fertiliser, some diesel oil and a stick of dynamite.

I would guess that this is a pr stunt in the 2012 mass hysteria that is
sweeping the planet right now and that it was created by explosives.

/G?ran

Melanie Matthews wrote:
> Meteorites don't continue burning after they fall as shown in the
> Youtube video (unless it fell onto something combustible which doesn't
> appear to be the case hear) which tells me this is probably a hoax..
> But if this is true - could 2009 hold the world record for the number
> of witnessed falls (not counting showers of course) in one year?
> Regards -----------
> Melanie IMCA: 2975
> eBay: metmel2775
> Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09
> Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates... you never
> know what you're gonna get!
>

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