[meteorite-list] Mysterious Rosicrucian Meteorite - What Was It?

[Paul H]

I was searching through Google News Search Engine to
see if I coulkd find anything more about the story of
the
alleged fireball that set fire to the vollage in
Egypt. 
Instead the keywords "Egpyt" and "meteorite" gave 
me the following article:

"Rosicrucians make pilgrimage to San Jose"
Biloxi Sun Herald, MS, Jul. 03, 2004
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/nation/9075308.htm.

Talking about the Rosicrucians' headquarters, it
stated:

"For generations of San Joseans, it's 
an eclectic theme park incongruously 
set in an otherwise ordinary neighborhood 
of leafy streets and picturesque homes. 
Its onion-domed planetarium, statue of 
Pharaoh Thutmose III, 60-foot obelisk 
and Egyptian-style buildings with 
hieroglyphs and columns recall school-
day field trips."

Talking about children taking these fieldtrips, it
stated:

"Later, as adults, they may have strolled 
its lush gardens or read about the mystery 
of the missing 209-pound meteorite. (The 
exhibit, which had been on display 40 
years, was stolen by a former security 
contractor and never found.)"

A 209 pound meteorite sounds like an awfully large 
meteorite to have disappeared into thin air. 

Does anyone know about the history of this meteorite
as to where it was found, type of meteorite, when 
it was stolen, and so forth?

Yours,

Paul
Baton Rouge, LA


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