[meteorite-list] Meteorite-like rock strikes near Rist Canyon home
From: Meteorites USA <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:02:00 -0700 Message-ID: <4BB29F08.8030300_at_meteoritesusa.com> Not a meteorite...Watch the video. http://www.9news.com/seenon9news/article.aspx?storyid=135641&catid=509 Regards, Eric On 3/30/2010 5:41 PM, Michael Groetz wrote: > Meteorite-like rock strikes near Rist Canyon home > > http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20100330/UPDATES01/100330018 > > By Coloradoan staff ? March 30, 2010 > > > Roger Hebbert got more than a cake for his 75th birthday this morning; > he awoke to find what he believes is a meteorite that struck just 10 > feet from his rural Rist Canyon home. > > Hebbert's wife, Bonnie, said she heard a loud swooshing sound late > Monday night and felt a gust of wind through the house, but she didn't > think too much of it because the log-sided home the couple shares is > heated by three different sources, including a woodstove. > > "I hollered to him and kidded him if he was burning up the house, but > he didn't say anything and I went to bed," she said. > > Roger awoke around 5:30 this morning, though, and went outside to > split wood and found what appears to be about a 10-pound piece of rock > that fell to the ground so quickly that it created a funnel in the > ground. Several smaller pieces of rock and small holes were found > nearby. The rock struck just 10 feet from the couple's home. > > The couple has called Colorado State University to see if researchers > are interested in looking at the rock, and they hope to find out more. > > If this is found to be a meteorite, Bonnie said this will be her > second such experience. Nearly 60 years ago, her father returned with > a large rock from their property near Livermore, which was a meteorite > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > Received on Tue 30 Mar 2010 09:02:00 PM PDT |
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