[meteorite-list] UARS -- Alberta or Pacific fall?
From: Greg Hupé <gmhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 03:44:25 -0400 Message-ID: <EF9039F3AF7945D484FB287934E5A55A_at_Gregor> Yep, pretty much what I thought... ... And I don't mind funding it. -----Original Message----- From: MexicoDoug Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 2:23 AM To: gmhupe at centurylink.net ; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] UARS -- Alberta or Pacific fall? "So, where are the parts..." Hi Greg I'm sure the Department of Defense knows whether it is at the bottom of the ocean, but it is probably classified since any comment whatsoever might hint on tracking and spying capabilities. They shot down a satellite from orbit before, so observing sounds easier by comparison. Can't they read a license plate from space? If there were any risk at all that it would land in North America, one would think it was well watched. But it would be cool if a listmember found it! Kindest wishes Doug -----Original Message----- From: Greg Hup? <gmhupe at centurylink.net> To: meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; MexicoDoug <mexicodoug at aim.com> Sent: Mon, Sep 26, 2011 1:51 am Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] UARS -- Alberta or Pacific fall? -----Original Message----- From: MexicoDoug Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 1:43 AM To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] UARS -- Alberta or Pacific fall? Listees, with kindest wishes, Doug: One more comment on Okotoks, Alberta, Canada for those of you who who can find a lighter side of this: The tweet that started making the rounds claiming debris was found in Okotoks, supposedly a local reporter accompanied by a professor: Here is the text of the Friday night tweets that started the hoax, originally by "imnotgonnalie2u": "Reporter Carl Phillips on the scene near Okotoks, AB, #UARS debris found at the Wilmuth Farm. 24 Sep Carl Phillips Reporting - Professor Pierson and myself made the eleven miles from Calgary in ten minutes. #UARS #okotoks 24 Sep Carl Phillips, reporter on scene, "half buried in a vast pit. Must have struck with terrific force." #UARS #okotoks 24 Sep Carl Phillips reporting, "The ground is covered with splinters of a tree it must have struck on its way down." #UARS #Okotoks 24 Sep" And, here are excerps from the "War of the Worlds" radio story when the Martians invaded, from 1938: ANNOUNCER TWO: We are now ready to take you to the Princeton Observatory at Princeton where Carl Phillips, our commentator, will interview Professor Richard Pierson, famous astronomer. We take you now to Princeton, New Jersey. (CROWD NOISES . . . POLICE SIRENS) PHILLIPS: Ladies and gentlemen, this is Carl Phillips again, at the Wilmuth farm, Grovers Mill, New Jersey. Professor Pierson and myself made the eleven miles from Princeton in ten minutes. Well, I . . . I hardly know where to begin, to paint for you a word picture of the strange scene before my eyes, like something out of a modern "Arabian Nights." Well, I just got here. I haven't had a chance to look around yet. I guess that's it. Yes, I guess that's the . . . thing, directly in front of me, half buried in a vast pit. Must have struck with terrific force. The ground is covered with splinters of a tree it must have struck on its way down. What I can see of the . . . object itself doesn't look very much like a meteor, at least not the meteors I've seen. It looks more like a huge cylinder. It has a diameter of . . . what would you say, Professor Pierson? ______________________________________________ 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 Mon 26 Sep 2011 03:44:25 AM PDT |
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