[meteorite-list] Norwegian skydiver nearly struck by meteorite

From: Graham Ensor <graham.ensor_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 21:42:13 +0100
Message-ID: <CAJkn+kbZ-YpnwREMG8Af42trkWXg8h9OALLUqaXRdve8eZXFMQ_at_mail.gmail.com>

No different the guy being in the air filming to being on the
ground....millions of cameras recording these days...so the chance of
one being filmed on the way down is improving all the time...just
because he was in the air does not make it less likely than any other
camera around the world.

Watching the video they seem to be genuine people...and if it was a
scam they would likely have promoted it back in 2012 when it
happened....rather than leave it till now.

We will probably never know the truth as the terrain to search seems
too difficult.

I think it is perfectly possible but unlikely....that's all that can
be said I think.

On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 9:11 PM, Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com> wrote:
> Not the same, there are a hundred million cars in the USA to hit, countless millions of houses, how many skydivers in the air at any given time on the planet? Perhaps 50 or so?
> Doesn't seem likely to me.
>
> Michael Farmer
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Apr 3, 2014, at 12:34 PM, MEM <mstreman53 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> Picking up on part of what Chis stated: Statistics of "probability" mean nothing in the relm of "possibility". so this is not a valid argument against this being the real thing based on probability alone. Nothing I've seen/read prevents this from being 'bonna fide' video of a falling (soon to be) meteorite. Be it remembered that secondary fusion crust is often light gray.
>>
>> Statistically, it was improbable that Michelle Knapp's Malibu would be struck by a meteoroid which entered the atmosphere several states away. Statistically, a meteorite wouldn't "likely" fall at the edge a green where a golfer was putting. Statistically a meteorite wouldn't be "likely" to punch through a house in Alabama, bounce off the radio/tv and, exactly strike a woman relining on a sofa. Statistically all these events are remote, yes-- but not only were they possible they happened and we take their improbability without a blink or a nod.
>>
>> Elton
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