(meteorobs) FW: NJ crater in lawn Meteorite blamed

[James Beauchamp]

If you have any access to a gas detector, there may be enough residue for a hit. 


--- On Wed, 5/11/11, Wayne Hally <meteoreye at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: Wayne Hally <meteoreye at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) FW: NJ crater in lawn Meteorite blamed
> To: "'Global Meteor Observing Forum'" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2011, 6:43 PM
> No tree was removed, and it's MUCH
> too large for any animal based event,
> especially considering the 10-15 foot spray of dirt. . I
> have received an
> additional 5 images from the police captain, and it seems
> like some unknown
> gas ejection occurred. It was tested for explosive residue,
> none. All
> utility lines are intact. There is NO sign of any heating
> of the material..
> To create a trench of that length to width ratio any
> meteorite would have to
> be moving at cosmic velocity nearly parallel to the ground.
> I'm 99.999% sure
> it is not meteoric, but haven't the foggiest idea what
> could have caused it.
> The head of the local college planetarium was there the
> last 2 days digging
> at the site, with metal detectors as well, nothing was
> found. Of course,
> like most astronomers, meteoritics and meteorics are not
> his specialty.  I
> have spoken to the homeowners and they have invited me to
> stop by, but the
> site has surely been rendered useless for forensic analysis
> by now, though I
> will bring my super magnet and have a look.
> Still waiting to hear back from the school about the
> seismic "event".
> 
> Wayne
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org
> [mailto:meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org]
> On Behalf Of Marc Fries
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 5:53 PM
> To: Global Meteor Observing Forum
> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) FW: NJ crater in lawn Meteorite
> blamed
> 
> Looks like a dog vs. ground squirrel event.
> 
> 
> On 5/11/11 1:38 PM, Jim Pettit wrote:
> > I had suspected  perhaps a hastily-removed tree,
> but I looked at the 
> > house in Google Earth and Bing, and see no evidence of
> shrubbery where 
> > the "crater" is. (Unfortunately, Google's Street-View
> cameras haven't 
> > been down that particular road, so Bing's bird's eye
> view gives the 
> > most detail.) I have no ideas what caused this,
> either, though I'd be 
> > willing to bet every cent I have that it isn't
> meteoritic in origin.
> >
> > --Jim
> >
> 
> 
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