[meteorite-list] Biophysicist confirms Liberal boy's meteorite discovery

From: countdeiro at earthlink.net <countdeiro_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:34:14 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <26608098.1258655654852.JavaMail.root_at_wamui-june.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

One small frag in the middle of a community? With no other reports? Pretty sneaky meteorite. Not.

"We wuz jus hanging in the backyard when we seen a big flash... and a whiz thump... and a big boom... and the dirt just flew up five feet high...it was a terrible thing!" "Ah..my name is spelled Jeeter with two "ee's". "And I'm gonna be one of them engineer fellas."

Regards to all the fresh... and the weathered Listees,

Count Deiro

-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael Fowler <mqfowler at mac.com>
>Sent: Nov 19, 2009 12:54 PM
>To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>Cc: Michael Fowler <mqfowler at mac.com>
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Biophysicist confirms Liberal boy's meteorite discovery
>
>Meteorite Hoax, or meteorite exaggeration?
>
>As a meteorite hoax, it is missing many of the classic symptoms, no flaming trail, no red hot iron at the bottom of the hole etc.
>
>Let me propose an alternate explanation: The size of the hole and the material shooting 5 feet high was an exaggeration, but it actually is a real fall.
>
>Mike Fowler
>Chicago
>
>
>> Graham, All,
>> Exactly what I was thinking when I saw the iron - well, that and think
>> about it - a 47g meteorite just made a foot-deep crater, sending
>> material five feet into the air?
>> The whole story is ridiculous - such a stone should have made a little
>> dent in the ground (we're talking a inch or two) - it wouldn't be
>> unremarkable if someone standing fifteen feet away didn't notice it
>> fall, or simply assumed someone had thrown a rock at them.
>> This sounds like another sensationalist looking for their moment of fame.
>> Bah.
>> Jason
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 3:34 AM, <ensoramanda at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi All,
>>
>> >
>>
>> > Strange....as there is all this talk at the moment about fresh iron 'fusion crust' then this does not look like a fresh iron fall but just like one of the treated sikhote alins I just mentioned in my last post!!!
>>
>> >
>>
>> > Dubious!
>>
>> >
>>
>> > Graham
>>
>> >
>>
>> > ---- Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com> wrote:
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>> >>
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>> >> http://www.hutchnews.com/Localregional/spacerock
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