[meteorite-list] Florida Boy Allegedly Hit By Meteorite

[Michael Farmer]

it is sad that the media runs with this crap these days, a real meteorite fall hardly raises an eyebrow. Battle Mountain was completely ignored by the media despite our best efforts.
I guess kids and scratches are much more interesting.

Michael Farmer

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On Nov 28, 2013, at 8:44 AM, "Kelly Beatty" <jkellybeatty at comcast.net> wrote:

> hi, Ron...
> 
> just FYI, I have had a couple of email exchanges with the "researchers" at
> Florida Atlantic University who examined the fragments; it's actually the guy
> who runs the school's observatory. all he concluded was that the fragments were
> slightly magnetic. I've seen no indication that the family is having the
> fragments tested further (though I haven't tried to contact them).
> 
> further, the FAU guy estimates that the fragments total about 1 gram. with the
> total mass was so low, there's no way those fragments - even intact - could
> have caused such a gash. one thing that I took away from the KPEC video was
> that the boy suffered a (linear) cut, with no surrounding bruising.
> inconsistent with being conked by a single small rock. 
> 
> also, the presumption is that the rock fragmented when it hit his skull - but
> there are no signs of fresh rock surfaces. according to my FAU source, they
> weren't simply bits of rusted iron. some appear to have small bright
> nonmetallic inclusions in a dark, reddish interior.
> 
> *maybe* there's a larger fragment lying around somewhere in the yard. but I
> doubt it. more likely little Stevie bonked his head on something and didn't
> 'fess up to Dad.
> 
> 
> clear skies,
> Kelly
> 
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