[meteorite-list] Meteorite-like rock strikes near Rist Canyon home

From: Meteorites USA <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:02:00 -0700
Message-ID: <4BB29F08.8030300_at_meteoritesusa.com>

Not a meteorite...Watch the video.

http://www.9news.com/seenon9news/article.aspx?storyid=135641&catid=509

Regards,
Eric


On 3/30/2010 5:41 PM, Michael Groetz wrote:
> Meteorite-like rock strikes near Rist Canyon home
>
> http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20100330/UPDATES01/100330018
>
> By Coloradoan staff ? March 30, 2010
>
>
> Roger Hebbert got more than a cake for his 75th birthday this morning;
> he awoke to find what he believes is a meteorite that struck just 10
> feet from his rural Rist Canyon home.
>
> Hebbert's wife, Bonnie, said she heard a loud swooshing sound late
> Monday night and felt a gust of wind through the house, but she didn't
> think too much of it because the log-sided home the couple shares is
> heated by three different sources, including a woodstove.
>
> "I hollered to him and kidded him if he was burning up the house, but
> he didn't say anything and I went to bed," she said.
>
> Roger awoke around 5:30 this morning, though, and went outside to
> split wood and found what appears to be about a 10-pound piece of rock
> that fell to the ground so quickly that it created a funnel in the
> ground. Several smaller pieces of rock and small holes were found
> nearby. The rock struck just 10 feet from the couple's home.
>
> The couple has called Colorado State University to see if researchers
> are interested in looking at the rock, and they hope to find out more.
>
> If this is found to be a meteorite, Bonnie said this will be her
> second such experience. Nearly 60 years ago, her father returned with
> a large rock from their property near Livermore, which was a meteorite
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Received on Tue 30 Mar 2010 09:02:00 PM PDT


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