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Re: (meteorobs) Ripley's Believe it or not meteors/meteorites
Hello Bob and list,
Thanks for the kind words Bob.
My archives do not show anything on this event nor could I find anything in any reference material in my library. I did a quick search through microfilm and couldn't find anything either, but there were two solar eclipses that year....:-)
So I have contacted the archive department of the headquarters of Ripley's Believe It or not. The reference is being looked up and they are suppose to get back with me. I have a research assistant helping me look through the local universities microfilm archives as I am typing. I will let everyone know what, if any, information I find.
Mark Bostick
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From: Robert Verish
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 6:47 PM
To: Observers Meteors
Cc: Mark Bostick
Subject: (meteorobs) Ripley's Believe it or not meteors/meteorites
http://faculty.rmwcdot edu/tmichalik/atmosphere.htm
http://faculty.rmwcdot edu/tmichalik/atmosphere7b.htm
The above web page shows the car & the [Peekskill]
meteorite that punctured its right REAR fender & gas
tank.
I've referred the 1907 meteorite strike of a ship in
the Pacific" to an expert on meteorites in history.
Bob V.
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Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 16:39:55 -0600
From: "Gary W. Kronk" <kronk@amsmeteors.org>
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Ripley's Believe it or not
meteors/meteorites
I have footage of the fireball and subsequent car
damage on my website. The direct link to the movie is
http://comets.amsmeteors.org/educate/vdemo2b.mpg.
Gary
>The event referred to below was "Peekskill", not
>Peeksville.
>Do a search with "google" for the Peekskill Fireball
>or Peekskill Meteorite for more details.
>I have nothing on the 1907 fireball event but a
>search with google might turn something up.
>
>Ed Majden
>Courtenay, B.C.
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Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 15:43:15 -0500
From: KCStarguy@aol.com
Subject: (meteorobs) ripley's Believe it or not
meteors/meteorites
In Ripley's Believe it or not a book for kids there
was this :
On Oct 9, 1992 a Michelle Knapp of Peeksville, NY
found that a a big meteorite hit her truck/car which
landed with a foul smelling odor.
She got paid for the "meteorite tricking car" and also
got $50,000 for the Meteorite!
Also
in 1907, it was told that a meteor struck the sailship
Eclipse in the mid Pacific ocean. The mast was carried
and only 3 of the crew survived on a Lifeboat. They
rowed 900 miles to Hawaii in 13 days.
Anyone every heard of either particularly the 1907
one?
Dr. Eric Flescher
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