[meteorite-list] The Draveil meteorite

From: drtanuki <drtanuki_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:54:29 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <1318751669.51693.YahooMailClassic_at_web161204.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>

List,
  So the meteorite from July 19th is still not found?
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2011/07/meteormeteorite-news-21jul2011.html

Possible meteorite fall in Britanny, France?
Several press articles are available.
There are many eye- and earwitness (!!) accounts, but
where are the images of the skycams?
There must be some...
Nos amis francais ?
press coverage so far:
http://www.francesoir.fr/actualite/scienceecologie/l-explosion-d-une-meteorite-dans-ciel-breton-est-confirmee-120430.html

http://www.ouest-france.fr/region/bretagne_detail_-La-chasse-a-la-meteorite-bretonne-a-commence-_8619-1881077_actu.Htm

http://www.ouest-france.fr/actu/actuDet_-Une-mysterieuse-explosion-dans-le-ciel-breton-ce-matin-a-5-h-15_39382-1878513_actu.Htm

http://www.ouest-france.fr/actu/actuLocale_-Explosion-d-une-meteorite-dans-le-ciel-breton-div-class=boutonVideo-img-alt=Lien-vers-video-src=-design-images-overlay-video-articleVideo.gif-div-_39382-1879405------35238-aud_actu.Htm

Dirk Ross...Tokyo

--- On Sun, 10/16/11, MexicoDoug <mexicodoug at aim.com> wrote:

> From: MexicoDoug <mexicodoug at aim.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] The Draveil meteorite
> To: Impactika at aol.com, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com, COMeteoriteClub at yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, October 16, 2011, 12:36 PM
> Anne wrote:
>
> "[a witness Carion found was] positive that it fell on
> Wednesday July 13, between 11 and noon"
>
> Thanks Anne, hopefully the witness erred by being a day to
> early, how fitting that would be!? BTW, on today's date
> in Paris in 1793, Marie Antoinette told the executioner
> moments before giving her the French Penalty, "Pardon me,
> mon sieur, I did not mean to step on your foot."
>
> Kindest wishes
> Doug
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Impactika <Impactika at aol.com>
> To: mexicodoug <mexicodoug at aim.com>;
> meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>;
> COMeteoriteClub <COMeteoriteClub at yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sat, Oct 15, 2011 11:20 pm
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] The Draveil meteorite
>
>
> Yes, Doug,
> Alain Carion did hear from one eye-witness who is
> absolutely positive that
> it fell on Wednesday July 13, between 11 and noon.
> However the sky was very dark, overcast and stormy looking,
> so it was
> probably mistaken for thunder and lightning.
> Nothing more at this time.
>
> Anne Black
>
> In a message dated 10/15/2011 9:10:39 PM Mountain Daylight
> Time,
> mexicodoug at aim.com
> writes:
> and if it came down during the day, any reports from
> Paris-ORLY
> Airport?? Maybe som of the problem is Draveil is 2 km
> (1.5 miles) from
> the airport and folks don't notice loud booms.? But
> the control tower
> must have had an excellent view
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Impactika <Impactika at aol.com>
> To: meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>;
> COMeteoriteClub <COMeteoriteClub at yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sat, Oct 15, 2011 6:46 pm
> Subject: [meteorite-list] The Draveil meteorite
>
>
> To all the collectors out there who are dying to add a
> piece of that
> meteorite to your collection:
> Patience, please Patience. It will happen.
>
> The team from the Museum of Paris just found a 2 kilo mass,
> and Alain
> Carion got a phone call from a guy who found a 5.3 kilos
> mass, he does
> not have
> it yet but he is negotiating and here is a picture:
> _http://www.impactika.com/draveil.jpg_
> (http://www.impactika.com/draveil.jpg)
>
> And this certainly indicates that there are more pieces out
> there,
> eventually they will be found.
> So, patience everybody!
>
> Anne M. Black
> http://www.impactika.com/
> IMPACTIKA at aol.com
> Vice-President, I.M.C.A. Inc.
> _http://www.imca.cc/_ (http://www.imca.cc/)
>
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Received on Sun 16 Oct 2011 03:54:29 AM PDT


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