[meteorite-list] The IOM "Sikhote Alin" is back in our possession

From: Linton Rohr <lintonius_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 20:18:12 -0800
Message-ID: <6EA718466EB34E5EBBB86CF641C42A52_at_D190TH71>

That's fantastic news, Carl! Congratulations!
I had hoped it would resurface eventually, but that is amazing.
Kudos to all who helped.
Linton

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Agee" <agee at unm.edu>
To: "meteoritelist meteoritelist" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 7:57 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] The IOM "Sikhote Alin" is back in our possession


> Incredibly, today we took possession of our Sikhote Alin specimen that
> was stolen out of the the Institute of Meteoritics museum over the
> holiday break. Tomorrow it will be flying home with one of our staff
> as carry-on, and a UNM police escort will be waiting at the
> Albuquerque Sunport to bring it back to the main campus. This speedy
> recovery could not have happened without the generous help of some
> amazing people in the meteorite community. I will give a full account
> of this whole story soon, and praise those who were instrumental in
> the recovery, but there is still an ongoing police investigation, so
> the details will probably have to wait until next week.
>
> Happy New Year!
>
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> University of New Mexico
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