[meteorite-list] Re: PHOTO OF A LUNAR IMPACT EVENT (was Crackpot in the news...)

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Apr 24 10:37:34 2005
Message-ID: <lvbn61l23spl88jj4svkft1fc35524f576_at_4ax.com>

On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 04:16:16 -0500, "Sterling K. Webb" <kelly_at_bhil.com> wrote:

> I just sent a post under the old topic heading about vaguely
>remembering this photo, and discounting it. But I just ran into a NASA
>press release about the verification of this photo as an impact event,
>#03-077 of 02-20-03. See, as soon as you blab on about how there ain't
>no such thing, it pops up out of nowhere! Or, at least, it pops up out
>of Google... Here's the story and the photo of an impact on the Moon.
>
>NASA PRESS RELEASE 03-077 of 02-20-03
>ABOUT POSSIBLE 1953 PHOTO OF IMPACT ON MOON:
><http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2003/feb/HP_news_03077.html>
>
>THE SAME PRESS RELEASE BUT WITH THE PHOTO
><http://www.astrosurf.com/lunascan/ltp1956.htm>
>
>LunaScan is a network of people who run automated telescopes to search
>for TPL's (Transient Lunar Phenomenon). Here's their home page:
><http://www.astrosurf.com/lunascan/>

I was thinking that I had read about the Clementine photo having been since debunked. It took some
digging, but I finally found reference to it. (Interestingly enough, the key piece came from a post
Google brought up from the archives of this mailing list, originally posted by Ron Baalke in 2003)

http://www.mail-archive.com/meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com/msg10437.html

and here's the story he linked to:

http://skyandtelescope.com/news/current/article_890_1.asp
Received on Sun 24 Apr 2005 10:45:03 AM PDT