[meteorite-list] Smithville man almost hit by meteorite

From: Jason Utas <meteoritekid_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 18:20:32 -0700
Message-ID: <AANLkTimYbi0NGxNV_uk-juWOy9avConpDsx=1LV3Bk4y_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hello All,
The meteorite photographed looks like a small, weathered iron
meteorite that has been wire-brushed.
Seeing as the "finder," Duncan, "is a self-employed painter, whose
business had slowed down to the point he is struggling to make ends
meet," and who is indeed planning to sell his rock, as per the
article, I'd say this is likely just another hoax.
Regards,
Jason



On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 6:11 PM, Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com> wrote:
> Question: How do you "almost confirm" something?
>
> Perhaps they should all research more about meteorites.
>
> Eric
>
> On 11/4/2010 5:34 PM, Thunder Stone wrote:
>>
>> Take a look
>>
>> Greg S.
>>
>>
>> http://www.wkrn.com/Global/story.asp?S=13448872
>>
>>
>> Smithville man almost hit by meteorite
>>
>>
>> SMITHVILLE, Tenn. ? A Smithville man witnessed something only 1,000 people
>> have ever experienced.
>>
>> In August, while walking down the street in Smithville, Jimmy Duncan and
>> his girlfriend, heard and then found a meteorite
>>
>> "My girlfriend and I were walking down the street and we heard an awful
>> whistle," he recalled. ?"We looked around to see and all of a sudden, I
>> heard a thump."
>>
>> The meteorite had hit the asphalt pavement, left a hole and then bounced
>> onto the sidewalk.
>>
>> Duncan knew what it was, but had no idea how rare his experience actually
>> was.
>>
>> Of all the meteorite findings around the world, just over 1,000 cases are
>> called "falls" or situations where people witness the meteorite hitting the
>> earth.
>>
>> "It missed me by about 10 feet," Duncan said.
>>
>> He brought the meteorite to the Tennessee Department of Geological Studies
>> where State Geologist Ron Zurawski almost confirmed what Duncan already
>> knew. ?It is a meteorite.
>>
>> "It's a bit of material left over from when the solar system was formed,"
>> Zurawski explained. ?"In this case, it is several billion years old, about
>> the same age as the earth, which is four and a half billion years old."
>>
>> Duncan is a self-employed painter, whose business had slowed down to the
>> point he is struggling to make ends meet.
>>
>> He plans to sell the meteorite after he figures out how much it is worth.
>>
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Received on Thu 04 Nov 2010 09:20:32 PM PDT