[meteorite-list] Hit by a meteorite lately?

From: Deborah Anne K. Martin <dak_mar_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 06:01:59 +0000
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Generally speaking, I am *extremely* suspicious about the claims of people being hit by meteorites. That story about a man in Sweden losing an arm over it is suspiciously similar to a Chinese woman suffering a similar fate in 1915. A man supposedly died from one in Barbotan in 1790. Another claim from the Middle Ages is that two prior were killed by meteorites a century apart. Gerat Blank, a German teen, pretended to be hit by one in 2007. The list, as you say, goes on. Not to say it didn't happen but I would prefer to see some documentation first.

Andre
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From: Sterling K. Webb [sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net]
Sent: August 13, 2015 12:23 AM
To: Deborah Anne K. Martin
Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Hit by a meteorite lately?

Hi, Andre, List,

There are a number of cases
documented of individuals
being struck by meteorites,
going back centuries. A fellow
in Sweden lost an arm to one!

John S. Lewis' "Rain of Iron
and Ice" (1996) has a long
section listing hundreds of
such cases.

In the Uganda case, the
meteorite bounced off, not
leaves, but the trunks of
several trees before it struck
the boy.

Lucky boy.

Mrs. Hodges was inside her
house in an padded armchair
when the meteorite battered
its way through chimney, roof,
attic, ceiling, and several walls
before lodging in the side of her
chair. She was NOT directly
struck, which is very fortunate
for her

A meteorite that "stagnates"
and free-falls is usually going
200-300 mph when it reaches
the ground. If it doesn't stagnate,
it's going even faster. This is
according to Norton's book.

If you see one coming, put on
your hard hat.


Sterling Webb
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Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 9:50 PM
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I seem to recall a teenager in Uganda got hit by a 3gr. piece of the Mbale
meteorite circa 1993 without any ill effect since the piece had been slowed
by several leaves of a banana tree.

Andre Bordeleau
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of Sterling K. Webb via Meteorite-list [meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com]
Sent: August 12, 2015 10:43 PM
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List:

"Moody Jacobs shows a giant bruise
on the side his patient, Ann Hodges,
after she became the only person in
history to have been struck by a
meteorite":
http://dailylifestyle.com/rare-never-seen-historical-photos/45/

Sterling Webb

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