[meteorite-list] Family Claims Meteorite Fell In Their Courtyard in India

[Ron Baalke]

http://www.saharasamay.com/samayhtml/articles.aspx?newsid=81984

Meteorite falls in Jaipur house
Sahara Samay (India)
August 8, 2007

Jaipur, Aug 8: A family in Jaipur told the scientists of Geological
Survey of India (GSI) here that a meteorite fell in the courtyard of
their home on Monday evening, Sahara Samay sources said.

A female member of the family told that a piece of sparkling stone fell
in her home on Monday evening. I continued to look at it in awe for
sometime before I went near it, she added.

However, the scientists of Geological Survey of India have said that the
piece of sparkling stone does not appear to a meteorite. Even a
meteorite of small size can cause a big damage, said Dinkar Srivastava,
a scientist.

He said that the speed of meteorite is several thousand kilometres per
second and even a small meteorite is usually bigger in size than the one
found in a home here.

He further added that the GSI could be able to say anything only after
testing the piece of stone or meteorite.

It is worth noting here a similar sparkling stone was found in a village
in Sangrur district of Punjab a couple of days ago.