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31 May 2024

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 31MAY2024

Baylor Planetary Geophysicist Receives Esteemed Early Career Award from NASA
Media and Public Relations - Baylor UniversityGod filled the solar system with endless little mysteries, and it's a joyful privilege to explore them.” field work at Barringer Meteor crater in ...

Meteorites from volcanoes on Mars offer clues into Earth's history - Courthouse News
Courthouse News
Day and his team focused on meteorites from the same Martian volcano, known as nakhlites and chassignites. The Chassigny meteorite in cross-polarized ...

Martian meteorites deliver a trove of information on red planet's structure - Phys.org
Phys.org
Mars has a distinct structure in its mantle and crust with discernible reservoirs, and this is known thanks to meteorites that scientists at ...

1.3-billion-year-old Mars rock reveals surprising layers of Red Planet
Interesting Engineering
The team constructed their understanding of Mars' interior by analyzing meteorite samples from a specific Martian volcano. These meteorites belong to ...

Lost Piece of Mars Found on Earth Reveals an Ancient Volcanic Secret - Science Alert
Science Alert
Using meteorites that were long ago chipped off ... Mars is no different. A piece of the Chassigny meteorite measuring just half a millimeter across.

Martian meteorite reveals hidden structures of Mars, scientists say | The Independent
The Independent
Meteorites formed 1.3 billion years ago are revealing details of a planet 140 million miles away.

Tutti gli strati e i colori di Marte - MEDIA INAF
media inaf
In alto, la meteorite di Nakhla: l'intero campione misura 4 cm nel lato più lungo. In basso, la meteorite di Chassigny in luce polarizzata: è ...

Décoder la structure de la planète rouge : aperçu des météorites martiennes - Issues.fr
Issues.fr
... météorites que les scientifiques de la Scripps Institution of Oceanography de l'UC San Diego et leurs collègues ont analysées sur Terre. Des ...

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28 November 2016

Clareton, TX - Meteorite 760 Pounds One of the Largest ever found in Texas

Clareton, TX - Meteorite 760 Pounds One of the Largest ever found in Texas

  A 760 pound meteorite, a chondrite, has been found near Clareton, Texas reports Ruben Garcia, a meteorite hunter from Arizona.  The meteorite has been named Clareton (c) as it is the third meteorite found in the area.

Clareton (c), Texas Chondrite Meteorite pictured with the finders, DeeDee and Frank Hommel.
photo credit- Ruben Garcia

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760 lb Texas Meteorite - The largest Chondrite ever found in Texas
Posted to YouTube by Ruben Garcia 7,442 views


Clareton Meteorite Find of a Lifetime
Sky and Telescope
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/clarendon-meteorite-find-of-a-lifetime/

Monster Meteorite found in Texas
http://www.universetoday.com/131702/monster-meteorite-found-texas/


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29 June 2016

300g 'meteorite' crashes through roof of Thai house. 28JUN2016

300g 'meteorite' crashes through roof of Thai house. 28JUN2016
As reported in today's Bangkok Post.
Via: RSOE-EDIS.
Excerpt: "Department head Sarawut Tuantam said the rock’s crust was charcoal black, indicating it had been burned entering Earth's atmosphere at very high speeds. The test also found the chunk contained large amount of iron and was attracted by a magnet."
Please visit the original article for full details.
  • Latitude: 16.84N,100.23E (NW Thailand).
  • Time: 07:26AM Local / 00:26AM UTC
METEORDETECTIVE at GMAIL dot COM

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09 February 2016

India "Meteor-Killed Man" was NOT by Meteorite 09FEB2016 Graphic!

VERY GRAPHIC- India "Meteor-Killed Man" was NOT by Meteorite 09FEB2016
Video and photo below- This video may be inappropriate for some users.

Event took place at 1302 Local Time 06FEB2016 according to timestamp on security video. Local news, NEWS X,  broke the original story at 1504 Local time. Photos shown of "meteorite, 11 grams" are not of a meteorite. It was mentioned in other reports that "gelatin", dynamite, may have been stored/buried in the garden spot where the "crater" was located and that gardeners had been burning trash at the time of the event. Police claim that their dog detected no explosives and the police later recover a "meteorite" that according to photos released is NOT a meteorite.

Scroll down IF you still wish to see the VERY GRAPHIC photo and video.




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Screen capture from Ruptly TV
Burns and injuries are consistent with explosives or gas explosion not a meteorite impact.
c2016 RT News / YouTube

India: Man killed by ‘meteorite’ for 1st time in history, say officials
Posted to YouTube by Ruptly TV 2,360 views

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Tamil Nadu, India - One Killed Three Injured by Meteorite Fall Report India Police

http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2016/02/tamil-nadu-india-bus-driver-killed.html

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07 February 2016

Tamil Nadu, India - One Killed Three Injured by Meteorite Fall Report India Police

Vellore College, Natrampalli, Tamil Nadu, India One Killed Three Injured by Meteorite Fall Report India Police 06FEB2016 -- Really? 
5 video reports below.
1 Lahk Rs., $1475USD, to be paid to family of killed.

UPDATED POST- BREAKING

India "Meteor-Killed Man" was NOT by Meteorite 09FEB2016 Graphic!

http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2016/02/india-meteor-killed-man-was-not-by.html
Click on Image to Enlarge.
Bharathidasan Engineering College
c 2016 LunarMeteoriteHunter / Google Earth

Image Credit- RJ screenshot of Newspaper
Video Report 1

One Dead, 2 injured : "Meteor might have caused the Explosion" - Vellore DIG
Posted to YouTube by Thanthi TV 673 views

Video Report 2


Live report: Meteorite falls in Vellore?
Posted to YouTube by Puthiya Thalaimurai TV 6,089 views

Video Report 3


Live report: Meteorite falls in Vellore?
Posted to YouTube by Puthiya Thalaimurai TV 1,202 views

Video Report 4

People struck with Fear after Meteor Fall creates Sensation | Vellore | Thanthi TV
Posted to YouTube by Thanthi TV 1,309 views

Video Report 5


Vellore Meteor fall : Relief Announced for the deceased person - ThanthI TVPosted to YouTube by Thanthi TV 534 views

Meteorite caused ‘mishap’ in Vellore college: Jayalalithaa
The Hindu 07FEB2016
..."Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday said it was a meteorite fall that caused the mishap."...
"Window panes of the college buses and several glass planes of the building were damaged when the meteorite fell.
  Kamaraj lost his life after the meteorite fell near him as he was walking past the building.
The meteorite fall caused an explosion. It also created a small crater near the building complex."
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/meteorite-caused-mishap-in-vellore-college-tn-cm/article8206087.ece

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Vellore Rock Unlikely to Be A Meteorite, Says Astro Prof
newindianexpress.com
By ENS
Published: 07th February 2016 02:57 PM
http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Vellore-Rock-Unlikely-to-Be-A-Meteorite-Says-Astro-Prof/2016/02/07/article3265731.ece

Govt `confirms' meteorite blast in Vellore killed man
Times of India
Scientists closely watch space bodies that come to earth and predict in advance when a meteor large enough to stay intact after burning up in the ...

Huge Explosion Near Vellore Adds to Mystery Meteor Showers
The New Indian Express
Normally meteor showers are traceable, but there are cases of the space debris sneaking past unnoticed, point out experts. CHENNAI: Experts are ...

Has Indian bus driver become first ever person to be killed by a meteorite strike?
Daily Mail
An Indian bus driver has become the first man in recorded history to be killed after he was struck by a meteorite, sensational local reports have claimed ...

The world's first recorded 'death by meteorite' just happened in India
Alphr
... it's extremely unlucky, it's surprising that it's such a rare occurrence – particularly in the light of recent close calls like 2013's Chelyabinsk meteor.

Meteorite did it: CM Jayalalithaa on Vellore death
The Indian Express
While the powerful shock wave from the meteor damaged buildings, shattered glass and left hundreds injured, there were no deaths. The odds of ...

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Ravi Jagtiani- “A small stone weighing about 10 grams was recovered from the spot. We had sent a requisition to IIA scientists asking them to come and examine the object. A team from IIA will be visiting the district on Monday to analyse it,” said P.K. Senthilkumari,...See More

Astrophysicists to examine meteorite-like object
THEHINDU.COM|BY SERENA JOSEPHINE M.
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Ravi Jagtiani-

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Ravi Jagtiani-
Police, however, dismissed these initial eyewitness accounts as rumours. They put out the guesswork that the explosion was caused by gelatine sticks buried and abandoned amid the rocks at the time of construction of the college.

They said that the college's gardeners, Sasikumar(42) and Murali (26), were burning garbage to clean up the garden and inadvertently set off the unused gelatine sticks.

Sources said that Kamaraj and another driver Sultan (57) were drinking water from a water tank in the garden when they were hit by splinters from the meteorite.

Kamaraj fell with bleeding injuries and Sultan sustained minor injuries. Kamaraj was rushed to the government hospital in Vaniyambadi but died on the way.
http://www.newindianexpress.com/.../02/07/article3265108.ece


Meteorite? Satellite Junk? Vellore Rock Was Object from Space - The…
NEWINDIANEXPRESS.COM
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Ravi Jagtiani-
its actually 2 different incident

the above image is due to the first incident took place in same vellore district on 26-01-2016
the second image is the yesterday event Bharathidhasan College, Vellore District..
both incident are from same Vellore District 10 days difference.apart.- Vishal Essor

Ravi Jagtiani-  “Following a similar incident near Vellore on January 26, on a paddy field in Alangayam Village, a scientist from National Physical Laboratory had been camping near Vellore. When our bomb and explosives experts ruled out the presence of usual chemicals...See More
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Ravi Jagtiani- Eyewitnesses claimed to have seen a flying object falling down and striking the campus at around Saturday noon. - See more at:http://indianexpress.com/.../jayalalithaa-vellore.../...

Vellore college explosion caused by Meteorite: Jayalalithaa
INDIANEXPRESS.COM
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Ravi Jagtiani- “pieces of a rare kind of stone” being found and sent for analysis......
However, a weekly calendar put out by the Society states that a seasonal shower of the Pi Hydrids is expected to have maximum activity on February 7, apart from two other showers underway until February 21....See More


Strange Explosion in Vellore Thought the Work of a Fallen Meteorite
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05 July 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 05JUL2014

Meteorites from Oman on sale in global markets
Times of Oman
Muscat: Priceless meteorites found in the deserts of Oman are being smuggled out of the country and sold by tourists in the American and French ...Michael Farmer...

Russia's Popigai Meteor Crash Linked to Eocene Mass Extinction
Blogspot
News Link • Science · Russia's Popigai Meteor Crash Linked to Eocene Mass Extinction.... space rock that slammed into Earth ...

'Missing link' fossil could reveal how life on Earth flourished 470m years ago
Daily Mail - 13 hours
Scientists in Sweden have found a rock (pictured) that may explain Earth's biodiversity. The discovery is thought to be one of two asteroids ...

Kola Fireball Meteorites Found in Russia
MyScienceAcademy ⋅ admin
Amateur astronomer and physics teacher Asko Aikkila caught this image of the Kola fireball on videotape in Kuusamo, Finland on April 19, 2014.

Graves radar meteor reflections
YouTube ⋅ 00:33
Graves radar meteor reflections. ea1faq ... How i set my sdr reciever for meteordetections by Cliff Tate 310 views · 5:22. Watch Later Meteor Scatter ...

Meteor or Firework in Seattle Tonight?
YouTube ⋅ 00:11
Spotted this over Lake Union tonight before the fireworks. Anyone know what it is?

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02 July 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 02JUL2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 30JUN20...
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News - Blogger
A green fireball meteor seen over the UK has been captured on camera by an observatory in Devon. The "bolide" meteor was seen in the West . ...

Archaeologists Say Cavemen Worshipped Meteorite After it Fell to Earth - Poland
Austrian Times
A meteorite found in a 9,000-year-old hut believed to have belonged to a stone age shaman was probably worshipped by stone age man as a magical ...

Eureka! Kola Fireball Meteorites Found in Russia
Universe Today
A spectacular fireball that crackled across the sky near the Russia-Finnish border on April 19th this year left more than a bright flash. A team of meteor ...

Nullarbor meteorite likely fragment of unknown asteroid
Phys.Org
The first meteorite ever located solely using data from specially-placed cameras has been found to be geologically unique, presenting questions of its ...

Swedish space rock may be piece of early life puzzle - Sweden
New Scientist
A fossil meteorite unlike anything seen before has been uncovered in a Swedish quarry. The mysterious rock may be the first known piece of the ...

Young sun's violent history solves meteorite mystery
European Space Agency - 01 July 2014
Astronomers using ESA's Herschel space observatory to probe the
turbulent beginnings of a Sun-like star have found evidence of
mighty stellar winds that could solve a puzzling meteorite mystery
in our own back yard. ...


Space Alert: Increased Bolide, Fireball and Meteor Activity Expected Through JULY 10
YouTube ⋅ 02:44
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot... NEO Asteroids Close Approach July 2014. Alert- Increased Bolide, Fireball and Meteor activity expected ...

VIDEO: Terrifying moment meteorite explodes over UK
Daily Star
A huge meteorite has hurtled over the UK and the whole event was caught on camera. The frightening near miss happened on Monday morning at ...

Mysterious Asteroid Found In Sweden May Have Kick-Started Evolution
Huffington Post UK
This cache of meteorite fragments dates back about 470 million years ago, when Earth experienced a sudden burst of new species. Prior to this time ...

Video: West Midlands police release footage of 'meteorfireball'
Belfast Telegraph
West Midlands Police released dashcam footage of a “meteor fireball” that was seen in the air over the West Midlands in the UK on June 30.

Great ball of fire! WATCH the moment a police car dashcam captured the Midlands 'missile' meteor burning up in the skyDaily Mail - 43 minutes
New footage of the meteor that streaked across the UK has been revealed (shown). The video was captured by a police car on Monday morning ...

'Unique' Meteorite Likely Came From Long-Dead Asteroid
Discovery News
A well-known meteorite that was the first to be tracked by ground-based cameras as it blasted through the Earths atmosphere and quickly recovered at ...

Eureka! Kola Fireball Meteorites Found in Russia
Universe Today
On May 29, 2014, first 120 gram (4.2 ounce) meteorite fragment was found by Nikolai Kruglikov of Russia's Ural Federal University on a forest road ...

Meteorite find may be 'missing half' of interstellar collision
PhysOrg - 11 hours
(Phys.org) —A team of researchers with members from the U.S., Sweden and Switzerland studying a meteorite found in a Swedish quarry is ...

Today on New Scientist
New Scientist - 7 hours
All the latest on newscientist.com: brewing milk like beer, meteorite may have sparked life, journey of hope for Earth, contraception vs ...

Meteor Explodes Over Devon: Video And Pictures Of The 'Biggest UK Strike Ever
'The Huffington Post UK - 14 hours
An enormous fireball exploding over Devon has been caught on camera, and it's believed to be the largest explosion of its kind to be recorded ... Certainly NOT the UKs largest "UK Strike Ever" - total hype!

17 reports
American Meteor Society
AMS received 12 reports about a fireball seen over OK and TX on June 30th 2014 around 10:48 (UTC)

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02 September 2013

Fireball in Russia’s Far East puzzles sky-watchers (VIDEO) 01SEP2013

Fireball in Russia’s Far East puzzles sky-watchers (VIDEO)
RT.com
Published time: September 01, 2013 14:23
Edited time: September 02, 2013 08:48





video credit- RT.comWitnesses said the early morning sky over Russky Island, across Vladivostok Bay, was lit up by a fireball, which later turned into a flaming line that remained in the sky for an hour and a half. .more -.http://rt.com/news/russia-far-east-meteor-278/

Pogledajte eksploziju meteorita iznad sjevernog Jadrana
vecernji.hr
RIA Novosti
VLADIVOSTOK, September 1 (RIA Novosti) – A fireball that lit up the sky over Vladivostok, in Russia's Far East, on Sunday, was actually created by a Russian ...

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14 August 2013

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 14AUG2013

Livermore Cosmochemist Has Early Solar System Garnet-like Mineral Named After Him
Tue, 13 Aug, 2013 04:20 PM PDT
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory A recently discovered mineral appears to be clear but may have a tinge of light blue. No matter its color, you won't be able to make earrings from it. For one, you can't see the material with the naked eye. Hutcheonite, recently named after Lawrence Livermore meteorite... Continue reading

Meteorite strike conditions to inspire new materials
Tue, 13 Aug, 2013 02:46 AM PDT
Researchers are attempting to replicate conditions that occur during a meteorite strike to create materials that possess superior strength and are able to withstand extreme temperatures.
Continue reading
Khaleej Times
However, the annual Perseid meteor shower, which rains down pieces of millennia-old space junk into the earth's atmosphere, still offered views of about 35 ...

Enthusiasts hunt night sky for Perseid meteor shower
Times of Oman
"Since we knew that the meteor shower could be seen with naked eyes and no ... The Perseid meteor shower is an event that happens every year in August.

Best Pictures of Perseids Meteor Shower
National Geographic
The annual Perseid meteor shower, which peaks this week, is dazzling sky-watchers around the world. Here, a bright fireball is caught lighting up the starry skies ...

A few Perseid meteor photos from AP
Fayetteville Observer (blog)
A meteor is seen over a railroad crossing at Ditto Marina Parkway, early ... photo, a streak appears in the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower above a ...

Meteor shower to light up the sky
The New Indian Express
Meteor shower is the technical term for the phenomenon caused due to the disintegration of the dust clouds left behind by comets passing through the earth's ... 
Telegraph.co.uk
Although the Perseid meteor shower is an annual event, the Royal Astronomical Society predicted that this year's show would be particularly good. It certainly ...

Perseids Meteor Shower 2013 - 12 August 2013 ...
6 min
Perseids Meteor Shower 2013 - 12 August 2013 .NASA MSFC - PerseidsMeteor Shower 2013 ...
youtube.com

Video: Time-lapse captures magic of Perseid ...
The magical Perseid meteor shower has been captured on camera over three nights in Joshua ...
telegraph.co.uk

Perseid 2013 at Peak: First Pictures of Meteor ...
For those who missed seeing the annual Perseid Meteor Shower reaching its peak, here are ...
ibtimes.co.uk

Perseid meteor shower 2013 (photos)
Canada.com
This long-exposure photograph taken on August 12, 2013 shows people watching for the Perseid meteor shower in the night sky near Yangon. The meteor ...

Perseid meteor shower: Your pictures
BBC News
Perseid meteor shower: Your pictures. Paul Williams photo of meteor showers across Mannings Heath, West Sussex, England. Stargazers came out to watch the ... 
OregonLive.com
Fueled by some really good advice, three Oregonian photographers headed to The Alvord Desert and Steens Mountain last week to chase Perseid, the world's ...

Stargazer's Photos Reveal Spectacular Arizona Night Sky, But No ...
Space.com
While pursuing images of what turned out to be an elusive Perseid meteor shower, Stephen Gresser captured some spectacular photos of the night sky over ...

Video: What causes the Perseid meteor shower ...
Astronomer Radmila Topalovic from the Royal Observatory Greenwich explains the science ...
telegraph.co.uk

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08 July 2013

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 08JUL2013

Photo: Ancient Bead From Meteorite - National Geographic News
news.nationalgeographic.com/news/.../130531-egyptian-bead-meteorite-j...‎
May 31, 2013 - The bead reportedly represents the earliest known use of iron in Egypt. ...

Google Earth Photos on the Day of the Meteor at Chelyabinsk
The Cosmic Corner, Britt Maxwell, April 16, 2013
http://thecosmiccorner.blogspot.com/2013/04/google-earth-posts-photos-taken-on-same.html

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: MBIQ Detects Arizona ...
MBIQ Detects Arizona Meteor approx. 20:15 06JUL2013 If you witnessed this meteor event please file a meteor sighting report on this site; thank you.
lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/.../mbiq-detects-arizona-...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: FL Fireball Meteor ...
30JUN2013 Glenn Shaw Boynton Beach, Florida, USA 22:00 EST 2 seconds N-> S facing East Green fireball across sky Brighter than Venus Broke into two ...
lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/.../fl-ga-fireball-meteor-3...

2013 THE Year of Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

13 May 2013

In History- Virginia Meteor Happened 11MAY1922 not 12MAY1922

In History- Virginia Meteor Happened 11MAY1922 not 12MAY1922

The Great Meteor of May 11, 1922
Popular Astronomy, Vol. 33, pgs. 502-506
by Chas. P. Olivier
  On the night of May 11, 1922 at 11:15 EST, a great fireball or meteor appeared over North Carolina, and travelling northward, burst over Amelia County, Virgina. ... more-
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1925PA.....33..502O

METEORS EXPLODES AND ROCKS EARTH
Reno Evening Gazette
Reno, NV
May 12, 1922
Richmond, Va., May 12 - With a detonation that was heard forty miles away, a meteor appeared to fall to earth some distance north of Lawrenceville at about 11:15 last (night), according to reports reaching here. The phenomenon was said to have rocked the earth not unlike an earthquake, shaking houses and awakening residents of Lawrenceville. The countryside for miles around, it was said, was lighted up as bright as midday, and the meteor emitted a swishing sound as it hurled through space.
  Reports reaching Norfolk said the meteor exploded with a force that shook houses and broke windows in and around that community. The flash of the meteor was plainly seen at Norfolk, 100 miles each of where it is estimated to have fallen.

Original Posts-
http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2019/Rome%20NY%20Daily%20Sentinel/Rome%20NY%20Daily%20Sentinel%201922%20May-Aug/Rome%20NY%20Daily%20Sentinel%201922%20May-Aug%20-%200105.pdf

http://newspaperarchive.com/boston-evening-globe/1922-05-12

In spite of several of several newspapers posting today about "this day in history", I cannot locate anywhere an actual newspaper story about the "May 12, 1922 – A 20-ton meteorite lands near Blackstone, Virginia, USA"  -LunarMeteoriteHunter

research note- status unconfirmed
1922 _ 12 MAY: A 20.3-tonne/20-ton meteorite lands in a field near Blackstone, Virginia, leaving a 46 sq m/500 sq ft hole in the ground.
http://popcornpot.com/hughspen/chroast1.htm

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24 April 2013

Mysterious Booms in Connecticut Yield Wolcott, CT Meteorite 19APR2013

Mysterious Booms in Connecticut Yield Wolcott, CT Meteorite 19APR2013
Map Showing the Locations of the Booms Heard and the Fall Location at Wolcott, CT 19APR2013 at Approximately 10 pm EDT.  Red Lines Indicate Distance from the Meteorite Fall Site, Ledyard is about 50 miles away and East Haven about 20 Miles.
v.1 C 2013  LunarMeteoriteHunter / Google Earth
Mysterious Booms in Connecticut Yield Wolcott, CT Meteorite 19APR2013
 Booms from about 50 miles away in Ledyard, CT and several others from 20-30 miles away seem to have been the result of a meteoroid entering the atmosphere followed by a meteorite hitting a house in Wolcott, CT on April 19, 2013 at approximately 10'00 pm EDT. Police departments in Ledyard, East Haven, Milford, Madison, Branford, and Guilford all had calls from the public reporting booms being heard in their neighborhoods.
  According to a report by CBS Channel 5 - WOLCOTT, CT (WFSB), Larry Beck has found a baseball-sized meteorite? that crashed through his roof.
  I have viewed the photos of the rock and have determined that it is indeed a meteorite! Congrats to Mr. Beck. Unfortunately, most cases of a meteorite hitting one's house turn out to be a curse with a resulting flood of phone calls by the media and hounding meteorite seekers. Best of luck to Mr. Beck! -LunarMeteoriteHunter, Tokyo, Japan

Possible meteorite crashes into home
http://kpho.membercenter.worldnow.com/story/22053662/possible-meteorite-04294971.html

Close up photo of the Meteorite showing fusion crust and the enterior
http://wfsb.images.worldnow.com/images/22053662_BG1.jpg

Photo 1 of the Meteorite that hit the house in Wolcott, CT
http://media2.wtnh.com//photo/2013/04/23/Wolcott_meteor_20130423123641_640_480.JPG

Photo 2 of the Meteorite that hit the house in Wolcott, CT
http://media2.wtnh.com//photo/2013/04/23/rock_2_20130423124707_640_480.JPG

Mysterious "Boom" Rattles Windows in Connecticut
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Mysterious-Boom-Rattles-Windows-in-Connecticut-203874971.html

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15 April 2013

Russian Beaver May Aid Meteorite Hunt

Russian Beaver May Aid in the Chebarkul "Chelyabinsk" Meteorite Hunt
CAUTION - Stay Clear While They Are Working! They DO NOT like being filmed!
Beaver Attacks Man in Russia (Do Not Mess With This Beaver)
На меня напал бобер :http://vk.com/club37858017 Приезжайте к нам отдыхать бобров на всех хватит.
Posted to YouTube by Александр Таргон 913,539 views

  You may have read about the highly successful MeteoRats being trained and deployed to hunt for meteorites; but the Russians have found a new secret weapon for the Chebarkul "Chelyabinsk" meteorite hunt in Siberia that will continue this spring. Beaver are especially keen in swamp and marshland, whereas rats tend to shy away from these areas; also they are excellent at felling trees which saves time for getting firewood and making trails through the woods. They are excellent swimmers and divers and can easily search lake bottoms for meteorites. The beaver's downside is that they easily get distracted and tend to dam things up.
 Perhaps Canada, USA, and some other countries will work also at perfecting this meteorite hunter resource for meteorite recovery.
  It has been speculated that experiments are being conducted in Arizona, USA on an on-going meteorite hunt near Casa Grande; at least four bodies have been found.
  Previously the US deployed dogs, Hopper and Brix; but their success in meteorite recovery was very limited at best. Canada continues to use the MeteoRats; but soon may start using the MeteorBeaver since they are plentiful and it is the proud national symbol of Canada.

Bulgarian Propaganda Video on the Positives of the MeteorBeaver
От бобра добра не ищут
Uploaded to YouTube by IKSMinusinsk 17,029 views

Just Spotted in Ontario! - Canadian MeteorBeaver in Training
Posted to YouTube by klaatu42 11,822,860 views

2013 THE Year of Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

27 January 2013

Oman - The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 27JAN2013

Oman contributed 16% of world's meteorite finds in 2011 
Fri, 25 Jan, 2013 05:23 PM PST
(MENAFN - Muscat Daily) The discovery of several meteorites, including a host of Martian and lunar rocks, in the deserts of Oman in the recent past has lent international recognition to the ... (Also concerning NEW Oman Meteorite and Rock Law)
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http://theepistlesofpaul.blogspot.jp/2013/01/oman-contributed-16-of-worlds-meteorite.html


Note that this article states: 
"''Now, export of any kind of rock is prohibited unless authorised by the relevant authority,'' he said."

and

"Oman's Mining Law, The Mining Law issued by Royal Decree No 27/2003, prohibits the practice of all rock and mineral and exploratory activities and trading in the same without obtaining permission from the Directorate General of Minerals."

Some other older articles.

Experts study meteorites, Oman Observer
Mon, 17 December 2012
http://main.omanobserver.om/node/133724

Oman is major site for meteor discovery (Country was second only to Antarctica in meteor finds until 2007) Emirates 24/7, October 19, 2010
http://www.emirates247.com/news/oman-is-major-site-for-meteor-discovery-2010-10-19-1.306190

Searching for Meteorites in the Deserts of Oman
by Simon Mitton, Live Science, May 18, 2009
http://www.livescience.com/3613-searching-meteorites-deserts-oman.html


Related papers are:

Korotev, R. L., 2012, Lunar meteorites from Oman.
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol. 47, no 8,
pp. 1365–1402 (August 2012)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2012.01393.x/abstract


Hofmann, B. A., E. Gnos, A. Al-Kathiri, and A. J. T. Jull,
2006, Meteorite accumulation surfaces in Oman: Main
results of Omani-Swiss meteorite search campaigns,
2001-2006. 4th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Bern 2006.
http://geoscience-meeting.scnatweb.ch/sgm2006/SGM06_abstracts/08_OS_Min_Pet/Hofmann_Beda_Talk_or_Poster.pdf

Best wishes,
Paul H.


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20 December 2012

"2012" END? NOT! NASA Video

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Dec. 21, 2012: Fearful 'end of world' callers flood NASA
  Los Angles Times, 19DEC2012
If there's one government agency really looking forward to Dec. 22, it's NASA.
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17 October 2012

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 17OCT2012

Sacred Meteorites Under Glass: Tribes and First Nations Fight for Spiritual ...
Indian Country Today Media Network.com
In the Native community, deep-space rocks are not just astronomical curiosities; they are sacred objects. The recent sale of a piece of the Willamette Meteorite, revered by the Grand Ronde tribes of Oregon, and the Cree struggle to retrieve a 330-pound ...

Bunker explision rattles Louisiana
UPI.com
Webster Parish Sheriff Gary Sexton said the bunker blast late Monday resulted in a flood of phone calls to his office and fears that the incident was the result of a meteor hitting the ground, KSLA-TVm Shreveport, Louisiana said. The force of the ...

'Loud boom' was bunker explosion at Camp Minden
The Shreveport Times Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:54 PM PDT
Webster sheriff's officials confirm this morning that a bunker on a secluded area of Camp Minden exploded late last night, ending speculation that it was caused by a meteorite.

Siberian meteorite fetches 12 times more than expected
Pravda Tue, 16 Oct 2012 03:25 AM PDT
An auction was held in New York to sell pieces of meteorites from the Moon and Mars. The most expensive item - a fragment of Dar al Gani 1058 meteorite - was sold for $330,000. This amount was $10,000 less than organizers of the auction expected.

Photos: Moon Rock Sells for $330,000
ABC News Tue, 16 Oct 2012 03:21 AM PDT
The fourth largest piece of the moon ever was made available to the public in an auction, Oct. 14, 2012, with a final price realized of $330,000. Heritage Auctions' Natural History Signature MeteoriteAuction brought in over $1 million for 125 select meteorites.

That was no 'meteorite' in Louisiana
Houston Chronicle
Authorities initially speculated a meteorite may have shook the ground for miles in portions of northwest Louisiana late Monday night, but the mystery blast turned out to be an explosion at an industrial site in the area. The blast occurred about 11:30 ...

Meteor shower from Halley's Comet expected this week
GlobalPost
The Orionid shower - so-called as the meteors appear to originate near the constellation Orion - happens annually and produce about 20 meteor per hour, said DiscoveryNews. Space.com said that the last five years have seen ever more impressive showers.

Mystery explosion shatters windows, lights sky in Louisiana
Fox News
The boom reportedly shook trees and citizens out of bed and shattered windows during the night as well, leading to speculation that it was the sound of impact from a meteor. This was no meteor, however. The National Weather Service branch office in ...

Orionid meteor shower to light up night Technology & science Space ...
A meteor shower spawned by history's most famous comet will peak this weekend, and the show could be dazzling for observers with clear skies, experts say.
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/.../ns/technology_and_science-space/

Meteor shower from Halley's Comet peaks this week
CBS News
The Orionid meteor shower will reach its zenith overnight from Saturday to Sunday (Oct. 20-21) as Earth plows through debris shed by Halley's Comet on its path around the sun. The most impressive display should come a few hours before dawn Sunday, ...

NASA: The Orionid Meteor Shower peaks Sunday morning, October 21
WTVR
GREENBELT, Md. (Science@NASA) – Usually, waking up before sunrise is a good way to get a head start on the day. On Oct. 21st, waking up early could stop you in your tracks. Blame Halley's Comet. Every year in mid-to-late October, Earth passes through ...

3-D Radar of Mystery Object That Hit Louisiana
AccuWeather.com (blog)
UPDATE: 10:00 AM: This article says that it was an explosion, so maybe we are seeing the smoke/debris cloud drifting (NWS says it was moving @ 10 mph which is too slow for a meteoranyway). Since I had previously blogged about a smoke trail from a ...

NOAA Radar Image Mystery Video
KTBS
The N.O.A.A. radar stationed at the Shreveport regional airport caught what appears to be the plume of debris from the Camp Minden explosion. Many area residents also report they saw a fireballracing through the night sky around 11:00 pm Monday night.

Meteor Shower Created by Halley's Comet Peaks ...
The Orionid meteor shower will peak overnight Saturday.
livescience.com

Loud Explosion - Possible Meteor Strikes Louisiana ...
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Meteor or munitions? What happened in Webster Parish? According to numerous reports, a ...
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Mysterious boom in Louisiana caused by military explosion, not meteorite
New York Daily News
A bunker at a northern Louisiana military compound exploded late Monday, briefly prompting speculation that the loud boom and shaking ground had been caused bymeteorite . Webster Parish officials confirmed Tuesday that the mysterious incident was a ...

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13 October 2012

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 13OCT2012

An unusually pristine piece of Mars
Los Angeles Times
Such was the dramatic arrival of the so-called Tissint meteorite, named for a village where pieces fell. The unusually pristine specimen is one of only five Martian projectiles that have been observed entering Earth's atmosphere and then recovered for ...

Moroccan desert meteorite delivers Martian secrets
Phys.Org
A meteorite that landed in the Moroccan desert 14 months ago is providing more information about Mars, the planet where it originated. University of Alberta researcher Chris Herd helped in the study of the Tissint meteorite, in which traces of Mars ...

Meteorite points to asteroid Vesta's dynamo
physicsworld.com
A team of scientists in the US says that the asteroid Vesta probably had a rotating liquid core in its early history. This, the researchers say, created a dynamo that produced a magnetic field strong enough to magnetize the rocks on its surface. As it ...

Martian Meteorite For Sale Is A 'Little Time Capsule'
NPR Fri, 12 Oct 2012 14:18 PM PDT
While NASA's robot is taking photos of Martian rocks, there are several pieces of the real thing on Earth. In 2011, an extremely rare event happened in Morocco â people observed a meteorite fall and recovered it before it was contaminated by water or organisms from Earth. Scientists now describe how it was made, and what it's made of. Now this weekend a piece of the asteroid is up for sale at a ...

Traces of Mars` unique atmosphere trapped inside meteorite
CBC.ca Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:29 PM PDT
A meteorite from Mars that landed in the Moroccan desert 14 months ago has given Alberta researchers an opportunity to discover more information about that planet.

How a Martian Meteorite Rocked the World
SPACE.com Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:42 PM PDT
The Tissint meteorite brought some of the Red Planet to Earth in a big way.

Meteorite hunters: How to hunt a space rock
Science Daily Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:37 PM PDT
A team of scientists from JPL needed some space. When a large fireball turned night into day over Battle Mountain, Nev. they knew they had their chance.

Meteorite Delivers Martian Secrets to University of Alberta Researcher
SpaceRef Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:36 AM PDT
A meteorite that landed in the Moroccan desert 14 months ago is providing more information about Mars, the planet where it originated.

Booming meteorite market leaves few space rocks
MSNBC Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:29 AM PDT
The booming Moroccan meteorite business has turned up meteoritesthat would otherwise remain unknown to scientists and collectors, including rocks from the recent Martian meteorite fall, dubbed Tissint for the town near where it was discovered. But the success of the trade has created a dilemma for Hasnaa Chennaoui Aoudjehane, one of two (meteorite scientists) in Morocco and the only one to ...

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Aliens Among Us
TIME
The fireball bearing down on the little town of Tata, in southwestern Morocco, in July 2011 was like nothing the locals had ever seen. There was one sonic boom, then another as a yellow slash of fire cut across the sky. The yellow turned to a ...

Largest Meteorite Auction Ever To Be Held In New York
CBS Local
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The largest auction of meteorites ever will be held in New York this weekend. The auction at the Fletcher Sinclair Mansion on the Upper East Side this Sunday promises to be out of this world. Some 125 meteorites, including a ...

Orionids Meteor Shower Guide 2012
Patch.com
The Earth is passing through a stream of debris from the comet, which brings the annual Orionidsmeteor shower. Although the shower is already underway, you won't see much until Monday. The Orionids should peak from the night of Saturday, Oct. 20 ...

Scientists probe fresh Martian meteorite
Science News
A meteorite that streaked to Earth in a blazing fireball over the Moroccan desert is one of the freshest samples of the Red Planet's surface and atmosphere that scientists have ever seen. Desert nomads recovered fragments of the Tissint meteorite, one ...

Meteor from Mars still revealing secrets
UPI.com
EDMONTON, Alberta, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- A meteorite that landed in the Moroccan desert 14 months ago is still providing information about Mars, the planet it came from, Canadian researchers say. Traces of Mars' unique atmosphere are trapped within the rock ...

Mars rock shows evidence of weathering
Perth Now Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:18 PM PDT
A MARTIAN meteorite that fell to Earth last year contains unique evidence of water weathering, scientists say.

Mars meteorite shows water damage
BigPond News Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:15 PM PDT
A Martian meteorite that fell to Earth last year shows evidence of water weathering while on Mars.

Bubbles In 700,000-Year-Old Meteorites Contain Ancient Martian Air
Business Insider Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:22 PM PDT
Black glass from a Martian meteorite that crashed in Morocco last summer may shed light on not only the surface of the Red Planet but also its interior and atmosphere, a new study reveals.

Martian black glass meteorite may reveal Red Planet's secrets
The Christian Science Monitor Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:16 PM PDT
Within a Tissint meteorite, scientists found an abundance of black glass that they say may contain traces of Mars' surface, atmosphere and interior.

The Largest Meteorite Auction Ever
Forbes
At the Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion on Manhattan's Upper East Side, Darryl Pitt, the excitable owner of the Macovich Collection of Meteorites, tells me that his parents made a huge mistake with him when he was a kid. “They took me to the Grand Canyon and ...

Florida Woman Photographs 'Fireball' in Thunderstorm
ABC News (blog)
Rita Krill, 53, of Naples, Fla., got a little more than she bargained for while shooting a severe thunderstorm in her backyard Oct. 5. “It was about 100 feet from my yard,” Krill said. “I was out there videoing it. My puppy was out there. She usually ...

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