[meteorite-list] Meteorite lands in village; sent for analysis

[Michael Farmer]

Wow, another meteorite fall in Turkey! Damn, that
place is a meteorite magnet, with one last year, and
another this year.
Michael Farmer
--- Darren Garrison <cynapse at charter.net> wrote:

>
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=135824
> 
> Meteorite lands in village; sent for analysis
> A small meteorite that recently landed in a village
> in Mug(la’s Fethiye district
> will be analyzed by the Mining Exploration Institute
> (MTA), stated an official
> from the region.
> 
> Fethiye Deputy District Governor Halil I.brahim
> Çomaktekin reported that the
> meteorite fell in the Türbe neighborhood of Yaka
> Village after a making a
> thunderous noise. “The muhtar [head] of the village
> called and informed us,
> saying that the meteorite was black. He is going to
> bring it to the city center
> for analysis. We’ll have it analyzed by the MTA,”
> Çomaktekin added.
> 
> A resident of Yaka said he heard a loud roaring
> noise at around 11:20 a.m. on
> the day the meteorite fell, sounding as if “a plane
> had crashed.”
> 
> “We were amazed to find such a small stone after
> that thunderous sound. It was
> black and about 40 centimeters in diameter, weighing
> three kilograms at most,”
> another said, adding that the meteorite opened a
> small crater in the ground and
> created a cloud of dust.
> 
> Residents of some neighboring villages rushed over
> immediately after hearing the
> sound, and eventually the black meteorite was found
> in Hac?ekiz’s field.
> 
> 08.03.2008
> Fatih Y?lmaz  Fethiye
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