[meteorite-list] Nininger Speaks on Bondoc Meteorite, 1962 NPA

[MARK BOSTICK]

Paper: Arizona Daily Sun
City: Flagstaff, Arizona
Date: Thursday, August 9, 1962
Page: 3 (of 16)

Tells of Luzon Find

Meteorite Expert Nininger Speaks at Flagstaff Rotary

     Dr. H. H. Nininger, world-famous authority on meteorites, told 
Rotarians this week that a huge meteorite, recovered from the jungles of 
Luzon, R.I., is enroute here from Long Beach and will be on display at 
Sedona for several weeks.
     It will then be taken to the University of Arizona, Tucson, to be 
placed in the permanent display there.
     Nininger said that a trip to the Philippines he was given a small piece 
of the meteorite by the department of mines. He made a trip to the site but 
failed in efforts to remove the main mass of the huge chunk of nickel and 
iron.
     The meteorite has since been excavated and shipped to the U.S. It 
weighs several tons.
     The study of meteorites is no longer an amateur affair, he said. There 
are now many highly trained scientists devoting their time to this study.
     Much important information has been developed relating to outer space.
     Nininger was presented by Jack Wetmore, program chairman.
     "We will never get to the end of the learning in any science," he said. 
"We only become aware of new conditions and new facts which have entered our 
scope since our last investigations.
     "The continued study of meteorites will undoubtedly lead to even wider 
knowledge of outer space," he concluded.

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