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Re: (meteorobs) Claim to witness 21 Sept 1927 meteorite fall in Madison NJ USA?
Thanks for your feed on this interesting story.
I'm not too convinced that it was a meteorite.
I side with ball lightning. But who knows. Something
blew a pretty a sizable hole in a street. In those days,
i have no idea if the street was asphalt or just crushed stone.
If lightning hit a pipe and blew up some methane build up,
it would seem that the ruptured pipe would have had to been
repaired. Apparently they just back filled the hole and that
was it. This change in composition should be able to be detected via. IR
or other tests to determine the spot.
Maybe...
Thanks and keep in touch.
Joe
On Tue, 09 Jan 2001 15:25:46 +0800 Stuart Saunders <stuart@ficnetdot net>
writes:
> Joe;
> I recommend you go to the area and start asking questions.
> That's what we do
> when doing POW research in Taiwan. I think that within a short time
> you will find
> people who were there at the time. Also contact the local historical
> society. If
> you could get the exact location of the strike you might get
> permission to do a
> dig or drill / (core), if it is within your means. It would not be
> too difficult
> these days to determine extraterrestrial origins. However, what it
> was may have
> been dug out at the time.
>
> I doubt it was a fraud; it may have been a meteor, or a
> misdiagnosed
> lightning strike, or something else.
>
> Good luck,
> Stuart.
>
> "Joseph R DuPont (via Lew Gramer)" wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Madison News Paper Artcle of Fallen Meteorite.
> >
> > Meteor Fell In Orchard
> > Section Early This Morning
> >
> > The crash of a falling meteor startled
> > people in the Orchard section about 5:45 o'clock this morning. The
> great
> > ball of fire striking the ground in the middle of Lathrop Avenue
> near
> > Orchard Street. The whole section was filled with smoke for a
> while, and
> > the crash cause houses to appear to rock and people feared an
> earthquake.
> > The meteor on striking the ground sunk into the earth leaving a
> hole
> > about three feet across and 5 feet deep and crusted as though
> molten
> > metal had been poured over it.
> > Augustus Wilson, a brother of I.R Wilson, and who lives in
> Lathrop
> > avenue, saw the great ball of fire come out of the heavens. In a
> moment
> > it struck the ground with a loud explosion. Volumes of black vapor
> arose
> > and enveloped the section. Many people mistook the noise for
> lightening
> > that had been heard throughout the night. The presence of the hole
> and
> > Mr. Wilson's witness of the phenomenon gave proof that a meteor
> had
> > fallen.
> >
> > Sept. 21 1927 page 7
> >
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