[meteorite-list] NPA 11-14 Post Standard, NY Meteor? Crater

[MARK BOSTICK]

Paper: The Post-Standard
City: Syracuse, New York
Date: Monday, November 14, 1966
Page: 8 (of 40)

Venice

'Meteorite' Falls In Farm Field

     VENICE - What appears to have been a small meteorite fell into a field 
on the Harold Maassen farm on Poplar Ridge Road here Saturday.
     Maassen told The Post-Standard he and his family were awakened by the 
noise of the impact which, he said, shook his home, located near the field.
     He said he did not see whatever fell into the alfalfa field but noted 
that the impact had created a hole four feet deep and approximately seven 
feet across.
     State police were called to investigate and photographed the scene.  
They reported that they planned to return Monday and dig in the hole to see 
if a meteorite can be found as several inches of loose dirt fell into the 
"crater" obscuring whatever might have struck the ground there.
     Maassen said he did not dig up the area because he felt that the state 
police should be allowed to investigate it and he did not want to disturb 
the scene.
     He said when he first heard the noise he thought that someone was 
setting off dynamite, but he noted that an area around the hole of about 20 
feet the grass and grain had been burned to the ground.  He said this would 
not have happened with an explosion.

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