[meteorite-list] Fake Norway Rock

[Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum]

What amazes me about this media stunt is the lack of skepticism from people 
who should know better. When I saw the video, my first thought was: "this is 
as phony as a three-dollar bill. Anybody with even a lick of common sense 
should have instantly known this was totally bogus. No bolide, no sonic 
boom, no smoke trail, no electophonic sound, no recovered meteorite, 
nothing. There's nothing right about this. Just a video where a small rock 
pops out of a parachute right after its deployed. Who in their right mind 
would conclude that it was a meteoroid in dark flight? (Besides the dummy 
astronomer and physicist.)

Even now people are still saying: "well there's a reasonable chance it could 
be real." Yeah right! About the same chance as me winning 10 Olympic gold 
medals, winning the lottery 10 times in a row, getting elected to the US 
Senate after being knighted by the Queen of England and then marrying 
Scarlett Johansson.


Get Real,

Phil Whitmer

Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum