[meteorite-list] Glass from the desert.

[Norm Lehrman]

Aleksandr,

I have spent time in Navoi, Uzbekistan, and have a specimen of that (or very 
similar) glass.  Mine came from a site near Daugistau.  There is an interesting 
story that goes with it.  During the 1960s there was a rash of reported UFO 
sightings in that region.  During that period, some children came to the leader 
of the Daugistau geological expedition and said they had seen a strange aircraft 
land in the desert.  Beings got out, collected some rocks, then took off.  The 
geologist accompanied the children to the site and found an elliptical patch of 
glass like yours about 50 or 60 meters in length.  At one end, the glass was up 
to 15 cm thick and tapered to a ratty feather-edge at the other end.  Beyond 
that were blobs and spatters of glass for some distance.  The investigating 
scientists looked into the possibility of lightning strikes or military-related 
explanations, but were never satisfied with any firm conclusion.  The material 
compares directly with Trinitite A-bomb glass (but the site is too small).  
Fixed rocket-engine tests have produced similar glass in US test facilities.  It 
is also very similar to Ediowie glass from central Australia (where a very 
radical mirror-matter bolide impact with an annihilation-energy flash has been 
suggested, but not widely accepted).

Is your glass from the Daugistau site?

Cheers,
Norm
(www.tektitesource.com)



----- Original Message ----
From: A.V.Leonenko <alphoto at rambler.ru>
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Mon, November 26, 2012 5:37:29 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Glass from the desert.


Hi all! 
I found a glass rock in the desert of Uzbekistan. Similar to the volcanic 
pumice, but we have no volcanoes. I ask all who are interested to see and 
comment on the findings: 

http://www.meteoritics.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?t=733 
Thank you in advance for your answers!

(Paste this link into Google translator from Russian to English) 

Yours faithfully.
Aleksandr.
Navoi сity.
Uzbekistan.
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