[meteorite-list] Norwegian skydiver nearly struck by meteorite

From: Michael Farmer <mike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 12:08:02 -0700
Message-ID: <A0231144-7785-4F26-A9B9-B7A1269AAB99_at_meteoriteguy.com>

I just don't see how the camera
could even focus at those speeds, the skydiver and rock intersecting at what, 300+ mph minimum? How
could the camera catch it in focus? For even a split second.
It is just all to crazy to believe.
Michael Farmer

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> On Apr 3, 2014, at 11:50 AM, Chris Peterson <clp at alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:
>
> It is not mathematically impossible, just very unlikely.
>
> While I agree that there are more likely explanations than a meteorite, nothing is obviously faked (on casual inspection), and it's dangerous to label something as "fake" (which implies deception), or even just "wrong", on nothing more than statistical uncertainty.
>
> Chris
>
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> Chris L Peterson
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>> On 4/3/2014 9:51 AM, Michael Farmer wrote:
>> Fake, absolutely mathematically impossible. More likely a small stone in his pack came out when parachute deployed or scam.
>>
>> Michael Farmer
>
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Received on Thu 03 Apr 2014 03:08:02 PM PDT