[meteorite-list] Fake Norway rock

[Chris Peterson]

One other comment on the matter. "Debunk" is almost always pejorative, 
implying that the thing being debunked was fraudulent, or complete 
rubbish. We debunk astrology. We debunk pseudoscientific claims. But 
there's nothing to suggest that the original claim was anything other 
than honest and reasonable- a video that accidentally captured something 
that might reasonably be interpreted as a falling meteorite.

Even if some piece of evidence actually disproved that hypothesis, we 
should simply say that it was "disproved", not "debunked".

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com

On 4/10/2014 3:03 AM, Marco Langbroek wrote:
>
> Phil Metzger, who has in the past extensively modelled falling debris at
> Shuttle launches, has used his models to analyze the video. He concludes
> that while a (large) meteorite at distance cannot be fully excluded, the
> footage is also consistent with a small rock (pebble size: ~3.3 cm)
> falling out of the parachute:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/qglu7vp
>
> I agree with Chris: while a meteorite is still a distinct possibility
> and has therefore not been 100% debunked, the falling pebble from
> parachute explanation now seems the most likely one.
>
> - Marco