[meteorite-list] NPA 04-29-1960: Planetarium looks for meteoritesat Al Mitterling's hometown

From: almitt <almitt_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Dec 19 15:38:31 2004
Message-ID: <41C5E712.5DACF1DB_at_kconline.com>

Hi Mark and all,

Ya, we're still picking up pieces of that darn stuff. Can't seem to get rid of
it. Just gets in the way :-) As I was telling another list member, we have 101
lakes in our one county. So any meteorite falls are probably attracted to the
water. There was a reported fireball which happened in the 1800's that scared a
couple of men and the horses that was pulling their carriage near Leesburg and
Oswegal which could be in the county or far away. Since they heard it I think
there could be some chance of a landing. All my best!

--AL Mitterling

MARK BOSTICK wrote:

> Paper: The Herald-Press
> City: St. Joseph, Michigan
> Date: Friday, April 29, 1960
> Page: 6
>
> Planetarium Seeks Pieces Of Space Rock
>
> The director of Chicago's Alder Planetarium, using information supplied
> by Herald-Press readers is in Warsaw, Ind., today with hopes of finding
> fragments of a fiery bolide which streaking across the southern sky last
> Thursday night.
> The planetarium's staff astronomer, Frank Jettner, said today that
> Director Robert I. Johnson is touring the area southeast of Warsaw in search
> of fragments believed to have fallen there after the bolide exploded about
> 11 p.m. Thursday.
> A bolide is a mass of rock, with perhaps a trace of metal which
> ordinarily orbits around the sun. Many astronomers hold the theory that
> bolides are parts of a planet that burst hundreds of millions of years ago,
> spreading its fragments through space in which the earth now travels.
> Jettner said the search for bolide fragments is a lust for the Alder
> planetarium and that Johnson has a good chance of finding some fragments.
> Johnson will attempt to interest residents of the Warsaw area in
> reporting any unusual rocks they find, Jettner said.
> The director believes that by finding fragments of the bolide he may
> help prove or disprove scientific theories concerning these apparent
> offshots from a vanished planet.
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