[meteorite-list] anyone know Steven Curry? LUNAR METEORITE STORY

[Adam Hupe]

These people are really scary. I was hooking up a trickle charger to my 
four-wheeler meteorite chaser yesterday when a complete stranger startled me by 
walking into my open garage.  It surprised me so much that I failed to get his 
name.  He was able to look me up on-line and decided to pay a visit  
unannounced. I live in a gated community with video surveillance and  this guy 
some how was able to get in. He was from out of town vacationing here in 
Laughlin and decided to spend some of his time looking for meteorites. 
Apparently, he was not winning at the Casinos so decided to make a sizable 
fortune by plucking meteorites that according to him were lying around 
everywhere.  I told him that not a single comfirmed meteorite has ever been 
found in Laughlin but he insisted his looked just like every other one he had 
seen on-line and on TV.   He showed me his suspected finds and I told him to 
take them to a  university since I no longer comment on finds and I am not 
qualified to classify them.   I was trying to be polite but my other half, Zann 
got really angry about the situation and told him to leave.  With over 6 million 
visitors to Laughlin every year, this is bound to happen again.  


When people have dollar signs in their eyes, they are willing to go to any 
length.  This is the first and hopefully the last time one of these crazies 
comes to my home.


Best Regards,

Adam




----- Original Message ----
From: John Teague <volgems at icx.net>
To: Count Deiro <countdeiro at earthlink.net>; pjedgell at kjct8.com
Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Sat, October 30, 2010 9:51:11 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] anyone know Steven Curry? LUNAR METEORITE STORY

NEVER let FACTS get in the way of a GOOD "story"!  And that is just what this 
"newscast" is ... a good "story"!  Too bad there are not facts to back it up!


-----Original Message-----
>From: Count Deiro <countdeiro at earthlink.net>
>Sent: Oct 30, 2010 12:39 PM
>To: pjedgell at kjct8.com
>Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>Subject: [meteorite-list] anyone know Steven Curry? LUNAR METEORITE STORY
>
>Dear Editor,
>
>Being in the business of disseminating news to the public you must be concerned 
>that your reporting be factual. I don't take any pleasure in stating, 
>unequivocally, that the statements made by Mr. Curry as to his having found a 
>lunar meteorite containing fossilized life forms are patently ludicrous. 
>
>
>By not checking the story out with recognized experts....say at your local 
>institution of higher learning's geology, or astrophysics. department, the on 
>Channel 8 news team has been victimized by a hoax and made a laughing stock in 
>scientific circles. More importantly, your viewers have been grossly 
>misinformed. 
>
>
>The gentleman may honestly believe he has found meteorites, but he is deluded. 
>The samples shown on the televised reports are so "meteorwrong", as to 
>"meteorite", that meteoriticists and collectors who viewed the apecimens 
>guffawed.
>
>Journalists being fed phony "I found extra-terrestial life" stories happen far 
>to often and these publiahed fabrications make things difficult for those 
>pursuing livelyhoods in the aquisition and classification of meteorites, and 
>those who are engaged in publicizing accurate peer reviwed information.
>
>As a member, but not acting as a formal representative, of the International 
>Meteoritical Society and the International Meteorite Collectors Association, I 
>respectfully ask that your news team investigate more thoroughly this 
>gentleman's extraordinary claims using the free resources of these respected 
>organizations. I would be happy to point you toward the information sources that 
>would shed light on the accuracy of the claims.  
>
>
>The mere fact that NASA wasn't banging on this chap's front door should have 
>given reporters cause to seek further confirmation.
>
>http://www.kjct8.com/news/25571622/detail.html
> 
>Sincerely,
>
>Count Deiro
>IMCA 3536
>(702) 396-4700 off.
>countdeiro at earthlink.net
>
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