[meteorite-list] Norwegian skydiver nearly struck by meteorite

[Jan Woreczko & Wadi]

Ha
Maybe it was April Fools'Day?
;-)
Woreczko
http://www.woreczko.pl
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Farmer" <mike at meteoriteguy.com>
To: "Chris Peterson" <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 9:08 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Norwegian skydiver nearly struck by meteorite


I just don't see how the camera
could even focus at those speeds, the skydiver and rock intersecting at 
what, 300+ mph minimum? How
could the camera catch it in focus? For even a split second.
It is just all to crazy to believe.
Michael Farmer

Sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 3, 2014, at 11:50 AM, Chris Peterson <clp at alumni.caltech.edu> 
> wrote:
>
> It is not mathematically impossible, just very unlikely.
>
> While I agree that there are more likely explanations than a meteorite, 
> nothing is obviously faked (on casual inspection), and it's dangerous to 
> label something as "fake" (which implies deception), or even just "wrong", 
> on nothing more than statistical uncertainty.
>
> Chris
>
> *******************************
> Chris L Peterson
> Cloudbait Observatory
> http://www.cloudbait.com
>
>> On 4/3/2014 9:51 AM, Michael Farmer wrote:
>> Fake, absolutely mathematically impossible. More likely a small stone in 
>> his pack came out when parachute deployed or scam.
>>
>> Michael Farmer
>
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