[meteorite-list] Unidentified object from sky destroys car in Cottonwood
Fries, Marc D
marc.d.fries at jpl.nasa.gov
Thu Mar 12 12:22:31 EDT 2009
Eh... This happened 26 Feb, but didn¹t become a news item until the $10k
offer. Danger, Will Robinson...
And that debris looks like part of the car dashboard or something to me.
Man-made, anyways.
On 3/12/09 9:06 AM, "Eric Wichman" <eric at meteoritewatch.com> wrote:
> What?! A meteorite or space debris?
>
> "..A meteorite may have been what smashed into the windshield of a
> Cottonwood couple's sport utility vehicle late last month, destroying
> much of the dashboard and melting some of the glass..."
>
> http://www.redding.com/news/2009/mar/12/unidentified-object-from-sky-destroys-
> car-in/
>
> The photos of the supposed "meteorite" look like debris of some sort.
> Not like any meteorite I've ever seen.
>
> Could it be a piece of Satellite, and who was the collector offering
> $10K for the "meteorite"?
>
> Hmm....
>
> Regards,
> Eric Wichman
> Meteorites USA
> www.meteoritesusa.com
>
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