[meteorite-list] A query

[Spaceguard]

I received the following today.  Does anyone have any ideas, or can 
anyone help Mr Bartley?

Jay Tate
The Spaceguard Centre
http://www.spaceguarduk.com


"hi, I found your site and believe the work you are doing is extremely 
important. 
 
There was an impacts site in my area of Alabama , USA.  I have , on 
several occasions, tried to contact the professor at Auburn University 
that investigated the impact site to verify a few potential meteorites 
with out success.  The department head took a quick look at a few 
samples that I had taken to Auburn for review.  He stated he was 
extremely sure they were real.

As a novas, I tried to cut one to see what it was made of.  After 
wearing out several hack saw blades, I obtained a diamond saw wheel and 
was able to cut into the sample.  To my surprise there was a pocket of 
compressed air inside. Really wished it had been inside a vacuum chamber. 
 
By chance to you have any contacts in the US that may be willing to 
review some of the samples to see if there could be any value to science.
Keep looking for potential NEOs.

Richard W. W. Bartley, Sr   132 Bartley Lane Grady, Al 36036   334-546-9734"