[meteorite-list] Port Orford Meteorite

[AL Mitterling]

Listoids,

In the May issue of Meteorite Magazine, there is an excellent article 
about the Port Orford Meteorite by Doug Borgard. Doug relates many of 
the issues I have brought up over the last several years in regards to 
the official Publication that it was a hoax. While it may have been a 
hoax, I think that Doug's article has exonerated John Evans, who I feel 
did his part and was an innocent party to this allege hoax.

There is a second part that will be published in the August issue of 
Meteorite. Don't know what Doug will say but if he has found some of the 
same material that a friend of mine who research this very thoroughly, 
there may be reference to Jackson who in my opinion had been unfairly 
treated at that time. He was undermined by those he hired and lost a job 
from the government. It is my believe that he had reasons to plant the 
imilac in place of the newly found Port Orford pieces. Perhaps he wanted 
to search, recover, or find this for himself and sell it to the 
government to make them pay. There is certainly a motive here. There are 
other scenarios also.

In this article I believe that the real truth of the matter is 
brilliantly argued, mistakes by writers of the "John Evans and the Port 
Orford Meteorite Hoax" are cut to the bone and that a better explanation 
is given. One of the mistakes the investigator made was being on the 
wrong mountain. No wonder they didn't find anything. While I maintain 
this still could be a hoax, I in no way believe that John Evans had 
anything to do with that and better research was needed to explain 
things than was done.

I look forward to the next installment of Doug's article.

--AL Mitterling