Showing posts with label Basking Ridge NJ Meteor Meteorite crater? 6MAY2011. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Basking Ridge NJ Meteor Meteorite crater? 6MAY2011. Show all posts

12 May 2011

NJ Meteorite Crater? Claimed Created 6MAY2011 11MAY2011

Officials Believe Meteorite Hit Basking Ridge Lawn
Patch.com Story by Linda Sadlouskos
Small meteorite believed to have created a trench in a Basking Ridge, NJ township front yard last Friday morning....
Brief summary according to Patch.com
Police investigated and contacted Township Committeeman John Carpenter whose report indicates a " crater trench" 4 feet long by 1.5 feet wide and 1.5 feet deep excavated by a "meteorite".  No meteorite has been located in the debris. The bomb squad was called and explosives were determined not to have been the cause. A seismograph in the area indicates activity in the area at 11:35 am that day.   Please read the whole story on Patch.com .
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Another Story:

Meteorite hits Basking Ridge

Bernardsville News Story by W. JACOB PERRY, Staff Writer
BERNARDS TWP. – An apparent meteorite hit a residential lawn on Friday morning, May 6, leaving a large hole and sprayed soil, according to township officials.
http://newjerseyhills.com/bernardsville_news/article_babbf03c-7b77-11e0-a78a-001cc4c03286.html

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Story sounds fishy to me. -LunarMeteorite*Hunter, Tokyo

I will update IF anything develops.

ANYONE in NJ have any information about this? Please email info and photos to:  LunarMeteoriteHunters@gmail.com