[meteorite-list] NASA busts woman selling a moon rock

From: Pete Pete <rsvp321_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 29 May 2011 00:22:53 -0400
Message-ID: <BAY153-w107FB19E93F64D8E4E978FF8780_at_phx.gbl>

Apologies if this has been recently posted.
 
I'm only posting the first little bit of the article.
 
Here's the source, which would be easier to read there:
 
http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-052511a.html
http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-052511a.html
 
 
May 25, 2011 ? A woman's attempt to sell a purported $1.7 million moon rock was thwarted last week when the buyer she met with turned out to be an undercover agent working for NASA.
The sting, which according to the Riverside County (Calif.) Sheriff's Dept. came after several months of investigation, took place at a Denny's restaurant in Lake Elsinore, Calif., about 70 miles southeast of Los Angeles.
The woman, who authorities did not identify, was detained but not arrested pending the "moon rock" being verified as being of lunar origin.
"It's possible this is a moon rock, but it has to be tested first," Gail Robinson, deputy inspector general at NASA, told the Los Angeles Times.

                                                
Received on Sun 29 May 2011 12:22:53 AM PDT