[meteorite-list] Great Lead - Dead End

From: Mike Hankey <mike.hankey_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 01:25:21 -0400
Message-ID: <f0a794130909082225r6f91fa3cvbb087fa0f486d4af_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hey Guys,

I got this lead last week:

Mike, I was reading the Lancaster paper tonight and saw about the
meteorite-I think this clears something up for me- I am in New
Holland, Pa on the early morning of July 6th, I couldnt sleep and was
watching tv- all the sudden I heard a huge bang right outside my 2nd
story bedroom( scared the living outta me. I peeked out and didnt see
anything, I thought at the time someone must have thrown a m-80 or
something at my window-upon inspecting better in the morning there is
a huge dent on the top of my patio roof with black splat marks, right
underneath my bedroom window-it also left a couple holes. I looked
around on the ground to see if I could see anything there, but now i
will have to check a little harder, after seeing your pic in the
paper. But I am sure now that is what it was, because my house does
not have easy access to my back yard-Thanks for the article but I
think you need to be looking north of intercourse-Jeane

I went out to her house last Thursday and Friday and again tonight.

I got on the top of the main roof tonight and saw what could be more
damage (but could also be nothing)...

I ran an earth magnet through the dirty in the flower beds near her
porch... I got a lot of hits, there is a lot of metal in the ground.

I've posted pics and a full a report on my site:

http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/baltimore-pa-meteor/great-lead-dead-end/

I feel like this is a really great lead, but I've done just about all
I can do and I'm still coming up empty. I have gotten some feedback
that suggests the dent in the roof does not look like a
meteorite-dent.

Any suggestions are much appreciated, I'm really stumped on this and
don't know what I should do next.

Thanks,

Mike

P.S. For what its worth, Jeane lives a couple miles away from Blue
Ball, PA (which is pretty much what i got searching for meteorites at
her house).
Received on Wed 09 Sep 2009 01:25:21 AM PDT