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

From: Meteorites USA <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:43:47 -0700
Message-ID: <4BB2A8D3.1000305_at_meteoritesusa.com>

Rist Canyon Meteorwrong: http://www.meteoritesusa.com/images/meteorwrong.jpg
SOURCE:
http://www.9news.com/seenon9news/article.aspx?storyid=135641&catid=509

I think this quote from the finder sums it up.

"It's kind of nice to have something different happen once in a while.
It breaks the monotony," Roger said.

Regards,
Eric



On 3/30/2010 6:02 PM, Meteorites USA 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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