[meteorite-list] Probable new fall on Lake Erie

From: Michael Farmer <mike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 13:25:27 -0700
Message-ID: <9F3EA974-7A9D-4AB2-A5BE-8E3D1D007029_at_meteoriteguy.com>

Good luck! I hope this one is found, data sure looks good.
I would go but....
Michael Farmer

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On Mar 10, 2013, at 1:09 PM, Mike Tettenborn <tett at rogers.com> wrote:

> Lake Erie is not frozen. But people are on the ground now searching close to the lake. Hopefully something will come of this.
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> Mike Tettenborn
> Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
> tett at rogers.com
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>> Howdy ladies and gents
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>> A prominent fireball was seen across the Great Lakes area last
>> night, to include a smoke trail and large detonation. We have located the
>> event site in radar, seismometer, and eyewitness accounts, and radar
>> indicates a strong possibility that meteorites may be found from this event.
>> Most of the strewn field lies on Lake Erie itself, but the lake might be
>> frozen at the fall site. This means two things - although it might be
>> difficult to reach the site, any meteorites should be relatively easy to
>> find. Second, meteorites on a frozen lake should have reduced terrestrial
>> contamination, much like Tagish Lake. This would make the meteorites
>> especially valuable to both scientists and collectors. If you find
>> meteorites from this event, please be especially careful in handling them.
>> We recommend using clean aluminum foil to pick them up, and wrapping them in
>> at least one layer of foil. Then place them in either a ziplock bag or a
>> clean glass jar (glass is preferred because it doesn'
>> t off-gas chemicals).
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>> Good luck!
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>> Cheers,
>> Marc Fries, Rob Matson, Jake Schaefer, Jeff Fries Galatctic Analytics LLC
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