[meteorite-list] Meteorite Doubting Thomas

From: tracy latimer <daistiho_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 06:37:04 +0000
Message-ID: <BAY115-W151243A6D23600F5F9EAC4CAB40_at_phx.gbl>

I have problems with the meteorite theory:
1. Meteorites, as this List knows, come in cold, not hot enough to make the water in the crater "boiling", as several witnesses stated.
2. Meteorites usually travel a long distance from where the glowing meteor is first seen. If the locals saw the bolide, chances are good whatever they saw fell a long distance away, not close enough for them to get there soon after it fell.
3. Speaking of rocks, by now, everyone in every little hamlet knows that there are crazy people out there who pay big money for meteorites. If there was a "shower of rocks" associated with the fall, how come none of the other purported meteorites have been recovered?
4. I await the analysis of a real meteorite specialist, not a geologist, not a vulcanologist, and not media speculation! No reputable scientist from outside Peru has so far investigated the crater or seen the alleged meteorite fragments.
5. The sickness associated with the crater is a likely red herring, and unrelated to a real meteorite.

My 2 centavos.
Tracy Latimer

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Received on Sat 22 Sep 2007 02:37:04 AM PDT