[meteorite-list] Meteorite-like rock strikes near Rist Canyon home

From: cdtucson at cox.net <*cdtucson_at_meteoritecentral.com*> Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:40:04 -0400 Message-ID: <20100330214004.9IU8X.286345.imail_at_fed1rmwml31> · cdtucson_at_meteoritecentral.com

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Carl or Debbie Esparza
Meteoritemax
---- Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com> wrote: 
> 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
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