[meteorite-list] DOCUMENTED people being hit - Listeners Correct Auctioneer About Meteorite History
Michael Blood
mlblood at cox.net
Wed May 13 23:26:21 EDT 2009
"Documented" is an interesting concept:
I know of 3 off the top of my head I have
No doubts about:
1) the obvious: Sylacauga, with Newspaper photo,
A medical Dr., etc.
2) Mbali - a boy struck in the arm after a very
Small meteorite pierced a bananna tree slowing
It down.
3) L'Aigle - A carriageman struck
> From: Paul <bristolia at yahoo.com>
> Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 13:10:52 -0700 (PDT)
> To: Meteorite List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Listeners Correct Auctioneer About Meteorite History
>
>
Letters: Meteorite, All Things Considered, May 13,
> 2009
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104104547
³There
> were many letters in response to an interview about
the auction of the Garza
> Stone, a meteorite that hit a house
in Park Forest, Ill., in 2003. Listeners
> were quick to point
out that contrary to what the organizer of this auction
>
suggested there is at least one documented case of a
personbeing hit by a
> falling rock from outer space.²
The story commented on is:
Interviews: Why
> Are Meteorites So Expensive?
All Things Considered, May 12,
> 2009
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104065594
³Some
> pricey chunks of space rock are among the objects for sale
at a Dallas
> auction house this weekend.²
Yours,
Paul H.
>
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