[meteorite-list] Crater Company Hosts Scientific Symposium On June 20

From: Tom aka James Knudson <knudson911_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:41 2004
Message-ID: <007901c3368b$8d3f5d40$c5c743d8_at_malcolm>

Hi list,
"As part of the centennial celebration, Barringer Crater Company is hosting
a public scientific symposium on Friday at 7 p.m. at the Museum of Northern
Arizona, 3101 N. Fort Valley Road."

A scientific symposium!!!! The Barringers don't care about science, they are
celebrating the centennial of one of the greatest scams this country has
ever seen! I think we should protest!
Thanks, Tom
The proudest member of the IMCA 6168


----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
To: Meteorite Mailing List <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 10:32 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Crater Company Hosts Scientific Symposium On June
20


>
>
> http://www.azdailysun.com/non_sec/nav_includes/story.cfm?storyID=68058
>
> Crater company hosts scientific symposium Friday
> Daily Sun (Arizona)
> June 19, 2003
>
> Four generations of the Barringer family will be meeting in Flagstaff this
> weekend to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Daniel Moreau Barringer's
> pioneering efforts to prove the origin of The Barringer Meteorite Crater,
> more commonly known as Meteor Crater.
>
> As part of the centennial celebration, Barringer Crater Company is hosting
a
> public scientific symposium on Friday at 7 p.m. at the Museum of Northern
> Arizona, 3101 N. Fort Valley Road.
>
> The symposium presentation includes Edward Bowell, an astronomer at Lowell
> Observatory, talking about near earth asteroids, and David Kring, a
> planetary geologist at the University of Arizona, speaking about the
> environmental effects of meteorite impacts on earth. Carolyn Shoemaker, an
> astronomer recently retired from the United States Geological Survey and
> associated with the Lowell Observatory, will also be present to will talk
> about comets and their discovery.
>
> In the early 1900s, Barringer, a self-taught geologist and mining
engineer,
> became aware of an interesting geological feature mid-way between
Flagstaff
> and Winslow -- a large crater formation some 3/4 of a mile across and 550
> feet deep.
>
> At the time, the prevailing thought in the scientific community was that
> this giant depression had been caused by a volcanic steam explosion. From
> 1903 until his death in 1929, Barringer tried to convince the scientific
> community that the crater had, in fact, been caused by the impact of a
> meteorite from outer space.
>
> Today, The Barringer Meteorite Crater is the earth's first proven and best
> preserved meteorite impact site. To make reservations, contact Drew
> Barringer at: dnbbcc_at_aol.com. Leave your local telephone number or e-mail
> address so that a reservation confirmation can be returned.
>
>
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