oh, no. not the "smoldering , hot" meteorite symdrome, again?! --- Jason Utas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sure doesn't look like a meteorite...at all.... > Have a look for yourself: > > http://www.ksn.com/news/also/10574416.html > > Regards, > Jason > > On 10/18/07, Mike Groetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://www.dailytimesonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071016/NEWS01/71016045/1002/NEWS01 > > > > DELAWARE: Aviation officials puzzled about > so-called > > UFO that slammed vehicle > > By Alan J. McCombs > > The News Journal > > > > > > It didn't come from an airplane. > > > > The mystery about the origin of a 16-inch, > > unidentified falling object that fell from the sky > > Monday and sliced "like butter" through the hood > of a > > parked vehicle deepened Tuesday, after an official > > with the Federal Aviation Administration announced > > that whatever it is, it's not a piece of aircraft. > > > > At about 4 p.m. Monday, the brownish, hook-shaped > > piece of metal crashed through the roof of an > > unoccupied 2007 Mitsubishi Outlander parked at the > > Happy Harry's drugstore at 536 Main St. in > Stanton. > > Its arrival came with a boom that one witness told > > Mill Creek Fire Company Chief James Howell sounded > > like an explosion. > > > > The SUV's owner, Susan Wilson, said she was > inside > > the drugstore at the time. When she returned to > her > > car, she found ash and debris on the driver's seat > and > > gaping hole in the vehicle's roof. Nestled on the > rear > > passenger side floor she found the hot object > still > > smoldering from its descent. > > > > "The metal was still too hot to handle," Delaware > > State Police spokesman Cpl. Jeff Whitmarsh said. > > > > Once the mysterious object had cooled down, it > was > > turned over to the FAA personnel from the > Philadelphia > > office. The federal agency was doing some last > > procedural work on the object Tuesday, but FAA > > spokesman Jim Peters said he's confident it didn't > > come from any plane. > > > > Wilson, of Wilmington and her fiance Michael > Roberto > > have struggled with how > > to deal with the aftermath of the object falling > from > > the sky. Their SUV has been towed to a repair shop > and > > the couple is waiting on the bill. Lacking answers > to > > what launched the hunk of metal, Wilson's > insurance > > has asked her to pay the deductible for the > damage. > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
