[meteorite-list] Perth Hammer?

From: Meteorites USA <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:01:46 -0800
Message-ID: <4B9138FA.7060304_at_meteoritesusa.com>

Looks like we may have another.

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ARTICLE: Museum investigates meteorite claims
Glenn Cordingley
From: PerthNow
March 05, 2010 2:58PM
SOURCE:
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/special-features/museum-investigates-meteorite-claims/story-e6frg1ac-1225837470139

WA Museum curators will investigate claims a meteorite crashed into a
home of a north-eastern suburb in Perth.

A museum spokesman said a woman had claimed a meteorite hit her
Beechboro home last night.

?All we know is a house has been hit by a suspected meteorite but we
have not had a chance to verify this,? a museum spokesman said.

?We are trying to get it over to the museum for one of our scientists to
have a look at but at this stage we do not know if it?s a rock or a
meteorite.?

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Perth Observatory said it had received a ?couple of reports? last night
from people phoning to say they had seen a light in the sky.

?At this stage no one seems to be able to put it all together, but if it
was a meteor it belongs to the WA Government, observatory astronomer
Ralph Martyn said.

?The reports at this stage are very sketchy.?

He said the observatory was waiting to inspect a photograph of the object.

?A lot of people find slag out of glass furnaces and think they are
meteorites as well, they kind of look the same.?
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Have our friends in Australia heard anything more on this one?

Regards,
Eric Wichman
Meteorites USA
Received on Fri 05 Mar 2010 12:01:46 PM PST