[meteorite-list] DOCUMENTED people being hit - Listeners Correct Auctioneer About Meteorite History

[Darryl Pitt]

Add Thailand's Chiang Khan to the list.  A fisherman was struck as  
reported in the original abstract.

By the way, an absolutely superlative Chiang Khan specimen is being  
offered in this weekend's auction at Heritage.  It's so  
extraordinarily well oriented it looks like an australite (flanged  
button tektite) without the flange.

Check this out....

http://historical.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=6016&Lot_No=41195




On May 13, 2009, at 11:26 PM, Michael Blood wrote:

> "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
>
> “There
>> 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.”
>
> 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
>
> “Some
>> pricey chunks of space rock are among the objects for sale
> at a Dallas
>> auction house this weekend.”
>
> Yours,
>
> Paul H.
>
>
>
>>
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