[meteorite-list] Up and Coming Hunt - Possible Giant Iron Meteorite Located

From: Raremeteorites <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 3 May 2015 12:18:46 -0700
Message-ID: <14AFCCD9C4FB491A92DE056A40CE1B59_at_HPDESKTOP>

Hi Bob,

Good question,

It was based mainly on rumors, rust color and size. The shifting of the
channel after the object slid down the bank also provided some
encouragement. You may be looking at the wrong object in the image. There
is a smaller dark spot just below the pin-mark which is not the object in
question. It is the larger object further down which is 20 feet plus
across. The other small objects are bushes, which also cast shadows making
them look similar although much smaller.

It is too bad that we cannot get military quality satellite images of this
object so we have to look at it in the field in person. It could be a giant
piece of scrap iron, part of an airplane wreck or something else. It is
simply too out of place to immediately explain. The simplest answer is
usually the correct answer.

In any case, it remains enough of a mystery for us to take the trip.

Adam



----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob King" <nightsky55 at gmail.com>
To: "Raremeteorites" <raremeteorites at centurylink.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2015 11:46 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Up and Coming Hunt - Possible Giant Iron
Meteorite Located


> Hi Adam,
> Nice work on a possible new find, but I have to ask. How did you
> distinguish this object from so many similar looking dark spots in the
> photo. It looks nearly identical to those. Was it on the basis of the
> change in wash flow?
> Thanks,
> Bob
>
> On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 1:34 PM, Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>> The new Team LunarRock has been busy the last several months developing
>> leads so that we can have a successful meteorite and mineral hunt next
>> month. Our goal was to locate hard to access, virgin areas in hopes of
>> finding the first North American Lunar meteorite. In the process, we
>> came
>> across information of a possible giant iron meteorite on private land.
>> Our
>> research allowed us to zero in on the barely accessible area. It was
>> like
>> searching for a needle in a haystack but we think we have located it from
>> satellite.
>>
>> We examined historical satellite images and the object appears to have
>> shifted five feet to the left over the last 20 years leaving a void in
>> the
>> dirt bank and re-shifting the position of an intermittent wash. We feel
>> the
>> object has to be heavy in order to rechannel the large wash. It is a
>> real
>> object that sits high enough above the ground in order to cast a shadow.
>> It
>> is rust colored with a green tint. The green tint can also be seen in
>> the
>> bank were it may have left a weathering halo. Nickel is known to turn
>> green
>> with weathering so we take this as a positive indication. The image
>> below,
>> stripped of its actual metadata is the best resolution we could come up
>> with
>> of the unknown but promising looking object.
>> Not the scale bar. This may be larger than Hoba! If it turns out to be
>> something else, at least we have several dozen other leads to follow.
>>
>> http://themeteoritesite.com/adam/Meteorite-a.jpg
>>
>> Another imaged zoomed out slightly for another perspective:
>>
>> http://themeteoritesite.com/adam/Meteorite-b.jpg
>>
>> Zoomed out even more to show there is nothing close to this size in the
>> immediate area. In other words, there was no glaciations in the area and
>> this object did not come from a mountain range:
>>
>> http://themeteoritesite.com/adam/Meteorite-c.jpg
>>
>>
>> We will get ground images of whatever it is when we are able to access it
>> with our freshly prepared off-road vehicles. We still have a few bugs to
>> work out with our equipment before being able to reach this object. I
>> was
>> finally able to access a dry lake bed yesterday that I have been trying
>> to
>> get to for several years that we thought was only accessible by
>> helicopter.
>> I still have two issues to deal with that I thought were resolved;
>> nothing
>> like a real field test to expose any weaknesses. My main NAV computer
>> lost
>> satellite acquisition due to cloud cover so I need to install a booster.
>> The
>> backup system worked although it only provided limited data. Another
>> problem with both SPL OPS Rubicons that arouse is a shifting issue. The
>> adaptive computer has learned bad driving habits and doesn't like to stay
>> in
>> overdrive on inclines automatically at 80 miles an hour on pavement even
>> though the powerful engines don't need to be downshifted.
>>
>> No matter what, we are committed to the hunt after postponing it to early
>> June.
>>
>> It will be good to have boots on the ground again.
>>
>> Happy Hunting,
>>
>> Adam
>>
>>
>>
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