Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hits 14 Year Old Girl? Boy?
Hi Listees, The story has gone worldwide fast... The reports are merely repeating what the original report stated and from what I can see there is no verification... Skeptical? Is anyone else researching this? Maybe one of our German friends on-list might lend a hand and call the local paper there that first broke the story and see if they can get an interview with the boy to help confirm or verify what actually happened? -- Yahoo News UK: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090612/tod-boy-hit-by-meteorite-travelling-at-3-870a197.html Space.com: http://www.space.com/news/090612-boy-hit-by-meteorite.html FoxNews.com http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,525992,00.html SkyNews.com http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Boy-Hit-On-Arm-By-White-Hot-Meteorite-From-Outer-Space-Travelling-At-3mph/Article/200906215302251?lpos=World_News_First_Strange_News__Article_Teaser_Region__0lid=ARTICLE_15302251_Boy_Hit_On_Arm_By_White-Hot http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Boy-Hit-On-Arm-By-White-Hot-Meteorite-From-Outer-Space-Travelling-At-3mph/Article/200906215302251?lpos=World_News_First_Strange_News__Article_Teaser_Region__0lid=ARTICLE_15302251_Boy_Hit_On_Arm_By_White-Hot Daily Telegraph: Australia http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25625253-5012895,00.html - Has there been confirmation yet? If... And this is a BIG IF. If this is a real story and th boy really did get hit with a meteorite there could be more meteorite on th ground. This would be a very famous fall to recover if it turns out to be verifiable! Can anyone confirm? Regards, Eric Wichman Meteorites USA Meteorites USA wrote: Hi all, This just in... Two German news sites report a 14 year old was hit by a meteorite. -- ...A pebble-sized meteorite crashed and burned into Earth, grazing 14-year-old Gerritt Blank while on his way to catch the school bus... Meteor hits boy on way to school Published: 11 Jun 09 11:46 CET “At first, I only saw a big, white ball of light. Then, my hand hurt, and then it slammed into the street,” he told daily /Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung/. “After I saw the white light, I felt something on my hand.” The result was a 10-centimetre burn on the back of his left hand, but Blank knew something special had happened to him. “I thought the meteor struck me, but it could also be a result from the heat as it went by me,” he said. After the intial shock, Blank looked at the glowing rock the left a sizable crater in Brakeler Wald Street. He then took the iced tea from his school lunch and doused his glowing pebble and took it to school with him. “At school, I told the story. My classmates believed me,” he said. His parents didn’t get to hear the story until the end of the school day. Once home, Blank, who plans to focus his studies in science, tested the round, black object and already found some confirmation the pebble is from outer space: like many meteorites, the rock is magnetic. Approximately 3,000 meteorites hit the Earth’s surface daily. SOURCE: http://www.thelocal.de/national/20090611-19857.html --- Another site reports: SPACE ATTACK Girl hit by stone from sky SPACE ATTACK. The girl shows the spot where the stone fell. A girl from Essen, Germany has been hit by a stone falling from the sky. The 14-year old said: “I was on my way to school. I saw a white cone of light. Then my hand started hurting.” The stone made a 10cm cut in her hand and then fell to the ground. “I poured ice tea over it and took it with me,” she said. But where did the stone come from? Could it be a meteorite? Experts will have to explain. SOURCE: http://www.bild.de/BILD/news/bild-english/home/regularieninhalte/world-news-ticker/world/2009/06/11/stone-falling-from-space-hits-girl.html So is it a boy or a girl? And what is the stone that hit them? Anyone else have any info? -- Regards, Eric Wichman Meteorites USA http://www.meteoritesusa.com 904-236-5394 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hits 14 Year Old Girl? Boy?
Ja but they're changing the story to make it more interesting. Read from U.K. Chemical tests on the rock have now proved it is from outer space. Ansgar Korte, director of Germany's Walter Hohmann Observatory, said: It's a real meteorite, therefore it is very valuable to collectors and scientists. And here is the original, they're referring to: http://www.derwesten.de/nachrichten/staedte/essen/2009/6/9/news-122291315/de tail.html Where Korte is quoted: If it's really a true meteorite, then the specimen will have a certain value for collectors and mineralogists And in the following he recommends places, where the stone could be tested, whether it is a meteorite. That story of course is rubbish. A prank, not more. Martin Btw. it seems to be a boy... -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Meteorites USA Gesendet: Freitag, 12. Juni 2009 19:20 An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hits 14 Year Old Girl? Boy? Hi Listees, The story has gone worldwide fast... The reports are merely repeating what the original report stated and from what I can see there is no verification... Skeptical? Is anyone else researching this? Maybe one of our German friends on-list might lend a hand and call the local paper there that first broke the story and see if they can get an interview with the boy to help confirm or verify what actually happened? -- Yahoo News UK: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090612/tod-boy-hit-by-meteorite-travelling-at-3 -870a197.html Space.com: http://www.space.com/news/090612-boy-hit-by-meteorite.html FoxNews.com http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,525992,00.html SkyNews.com http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Boy-Hit-On-Arm-By-White-Hot-Mete orite-From-Outer-Space-Travelling-At-3mph/Article/200906215302251?lpos=W orld_News_First_Strange_News__Article_Teaser_Region__0lid=ARTICLE_15302251_ Boy_Hit_On_Arm_By_White-Hot http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Boy-Hit-On-Arm-By-White-Hot-Met eorite-From-Outer-Space-Travelling-At-3mph/Article/200906215302251?lpos= World_News_First_Strange_News__Article_Teaser_Region__0lid=ARTICLE_15302251 _Boy_Hit_On_Arm_By_White-Hot Daily Telegraph: Australia http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25625253-5012895,00.html - Has there been confirmation yet? If... And this is a BIG IF. If this is a real story and th boy really did get hit with a meteorite there could be more meteorite on th ground. This would be a very famous fall to recover if it turns out to be verifiable! Can anyone confirm? Regards, Eric Wichman Meteorites USA Meteorites USA wrote: Hi all, This just in... Two German news sites report a 14 year old was hit by a meteorite. -- ...A pebble-sized meteorite crashed and burned into Earth, grazing 14-year-old Gerritt Blank while on his way to catch the school bus... Meteor hits boy on way to school Published: 11 Jun 09 11:46 CET At first, I only saw a big, white ball of light. Then, my hand hurt, and then it slammed into the street, he told daily /Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung/. After I saw the white light, I felt something on my hand. The result was a 10-centimetre burn on the back of his left hand, but Blank knew something special had happened to him. I thought the meteor struck me, but it could also be a result from the heat as it went by me, he said. After the intial shock, Blank looked at the glowing rock the left a sizable crater in Brakeler Wald Street. He then took the iced tea from his school lunch and doused his glowing pebble and took it to school with him. At school, I told the story. My classmates believed me, he said. His parents didnt get to hear the story until the end of the school day. Once home, Blank, who plans to focus his studies in science, tested the round, black object and already found some confirmation the pebble is from outer space: like many meteorites, the rock is magnetic. Approximately 3,000 meteorites hit the Earths surface daily. SOURCE: http://www.thelocal.de/national/20090611-19857.html --- Another site reports: SPACE ATTACK Girl hit by stone from sky SPACE ATTACK. The girl shows the spot where the stone fell. A girl from Essen, Germany has been hit by a stone falling from the sky. The 14-year old said: I was on my way to school. I saw a white cone of light. Then my hand started hurting. The stone made a 10cm cut in her hand and then fell to the ground. I poured ice tea over it and took it with me, she said. But where did the stone come from? Could it be a meteorite? Experts will have to explain. SOURCE: http://www.bild.de/BILD/news/bild-english/home
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hits 14 Year Old Girl? Boy?
Sorry instead of And what is the stone that hit them? I didn't actually mean them in the plural sense... I didn't know whether to say her or him. So don't yell at me for thinking this is a meteorite or that there are multiple victims. ;) Sorry for the confusion... Meteorites USA wrote: Hi all, This just in... Two German news sites report a 14 year old was hit by a meteorite. -- ...A pebble-sized meteorite crashed and burned into Earth, grazing 14-year-old Gerritt Blank while on his way to catch the school bus... Meteor hits boy on way to school Published: 11 Jun 09 11:46 CET “At first, I only saw a big, white ball of light. Then, my hand hurt, and then it slammed into the street,” he told daily /Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung/. “After I saw the white light, I felt something on my hand.” The result was a 10-centimetre burn on the back of his left hand, but Blank knew something special had happened to him. “I thought the meteor struck me, but it could also be a result from the heat as it went by me,” he said. After the intial shock, Blank looked at the glowing rock the left a sizable crater in Brakeler Wald Street. He then took the iced tea from his school lunch and doused his glowing pebble and took it to school with him. “At school, I told the story. My classmates believed me,” he said. His parents didn’t get to hear the story until the end of the school day. Once home, Blank, who plans to focus his studies in science, tested the round, black object and already found some confirmation the pebble is from outer space: like many meteorites, the rock is magnetic. Approximately 3,000 meteorites hit the Earth’s surface daily. SOURCE: http://www.thelocal.de/national/20090611-19857.html --- Another site reports: SPACE ATTACK Girl hit by stone from sky SPACE ATTACK. The girl shows the spot where the stone fell. A girl from Essen, Germany has been hit by a stone falling from the sky. The 14-year old said: “I was on my way to school. I saw a white cone of light. Then my hand started hurting.” The stone made a 10cm cut in her hand and then fell to the ground. “I poured ice tea over it and took it with me,” she said. But where did the stone come from? Could it be a meteorite? Experts will have to explain. SOURCE: http://www.bild.de/BILD/news/bild-english/home/regularieninhalte/world-news-ticker/world/2009/06/11/stone-falling-from-space-hits-girl.html So is it a boy or a girl? And what is the stone that hit them? Anyone else have any info? -- Regards, Eric Wichman Meteorites USA http://www.meteoritesusa.com 904-236-5394 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hits 14 Year Old Girl? Boy?
I'm not sure where to start with this one. It could be a meteorite that hit the childs hand, but with an embellished story to go with it. Or a pebble thrown at the child by either another person or perhaps a passing vehicle, but still accompanied with an embellished story. The boy saw a white Light and soon afterwards felt something on his hand. Well this could be a case of a person describing what they think should have happen if it was a meteorite that hit them. But this is where they trip themselves up. If it was glowing to the point it burnt him as it went by, I doubt the boy would be alive to tell this tale. Either by the large boulder sized rock that it would have to be in order to be glowing on ground impact or the concussion when it hit the ground...apparently right next to him. then he states that the pebble left a sizable crater to which he stared at the glowing rock. Then afterwards doused it with his ice tea and took it to school with him. I also find it interesting that there's no report of any sonic boom...which I'm sure there would have been one for a large rock that glowed to the ground. But since he says it was a pebble, No sonic boom reports would be normal. Me thinks this kid suckered in a lot of folks with some wishful thinking. Perhaps he could do better selling bridges? GeoZay -- Two German news sites report a 14 year old was hit by a meteorite. ...A pebble-sized meteorite crashed and burned into Earth, grazing 14-year-old Gerritt Blank while on his way to catch the school bus... Meteor hits boy on way to school Published: 11 Jun 09 11:46 CET “At first, I only saw a big, white ball of light. Then, my hand hurt, and then it slammed into the street,” he told daily /Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung/. “After I saw the white light, I felt something on my hand.” The result was a 10-centimetre burn on the back of his left hand, but Blank knew something special had happened to him. “I thought the meteor struck me, but it could also be a result from the heat as it went by me,” he said. After the intial shock, Blank looked at the glowing rock the left a sizable crater in Brakeler Wald Street. He then took the iced tea from his school lunch and doused his glowing pebble and took it to school with him. “At school, I told the story. My classmates believed me,” he said. His parents didn’t get to hear the story until the end of the school day. Once home, Blank, who plans to focus his studies in science, tested the round, black object and already found some confirmation the pebble is from outer space: like many meteorites, the rock is magnetic. **Dell Deals: Don’t miss huge summer savings on popular laptops starting at $449. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221770187x1201425153/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B215566131%3B37864407%3B i) __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hits 14 Year Old Girl? Boy?
Not sure if deserves a comment, but if you look at the pea sized object in the photo, and try to imagine how fast it would fall before reaching terminal velocity (perhaps about 25 or 30 mph) you would quickly realize that it could not make a crater, let alone be blazing firery trail. Mike Fowler Chicago Hi all, This just in... Two German news sites report a 14 year old was hit by a meteorite. -- ...A pebble-sized meteorite crashed and burned into Earth, grazing 14-year-old Gerritt Blank while on his way to catch the school bus... Meteor hits boy on way to school Published: 11 Jun 09 11:46 CET “At first, I only saw a big, white ball of light. Then, my hand hurt, and then it slammed into the street,” he told daily /Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung/. “After I saw the white light, I felt something on my hand.” The result was a 10-centimetre burn on the back of his left hand, but Blank knew something special had happened to him. “I thought the meteor struck me, but it could also be a result from the heat as it went by me,” he said. After the intial shock, Blank looked at the glowing rock the left a sizable crater in Brakeler Wald Street. He then took the iced tea from his school lunch and doused his glowing pebble and took it to school with him. “At school, I told the story. My classmates believed me,” he said. His parents didn’t get to hear the story until the end of the school day. Once home, Blank, who plans to focus his studies in science, tested the round, black object and already found some confirmation the pebble is from outer space: like many meteorites, the rock is magnetic. Approximately 3,000 meteorites hit the Earth’s surface daily. SOURCE: http://www.thelocal.de/national/20090611-19857.html --- Another site reports: SPACE ATTACK Girl hit by stone from sky SPACE ATTACK. The girl shows the spot where the stone fell. A girl from Essen, Germany has been hit by a stone falling from the sky. The 14-year old said: “I was on my way to school. I saw a white cone of light. Then my hand started hurting.” The stone made a 10cm cut in her hand and then fell to the ground. “I poured ice tea over it and took it with me,” she said. But where did the stone come from? Could it be a meteorite? Experts will have to explain. SOURCE: http://www.bild.de/BILD/news/bild-english/home/regularieninhalte/world-news-ticker/world/2009/06/11/stone-falling-from-space-hits-girl.html So is it a boy or a girl? And what is the stone that hit them? Anyone else have any info? -- Regards, Eric Wichman Meteorites USA http://www.meteoritesusa.com 904-236-5394 • Previous message: [meteorite-list] Future Planetary Collision? • Next message: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hits 14 Year Old Girl? Boy? • Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] More information about the Meteorite-list mailing list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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Why didn't you ask some one on the list, in Germany to try to fine out the truth!! Because no part of this story made any sense. It was as if no one was actually there to witness anything and it was all a fabricated fantasy. He might as well been describing a 6 foot tall invisible bunny. GeoZay **Dell Deals: Don’t miss huge summer savings on popular laptops starting at $449. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221770187x1201425153/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B215566131%3B37864407%3B i) __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hits 14 Year Old Girl? Boy?
It's similar to the cases of Pauline Aguss: http://meteorite-identification.com/mwnews/08172004a.htm and Siobhan Cowton: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2218755.stm Would be speculation, to ask for their motivation, whether really believe that they were hit by a meteorite or if they have reasons for telling so, the stones at least weren't meteorites. Best! Martin -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von geo...@aol.com Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. Juni 2009 22:29 An: bolino...@msn.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hits 14 Year Old Girl? Boy? Why didn't you ask some one on the list, in Germany to try to fine out the truth!! Because no part of this story made any sense. It was as if no one was actually there to witness anything and it was all a fabricated fantasy. He might as well been describing a 6 foot tall invisible bunny. GeoZay **Dell Deals: Dont miss huge summer savings on popular laptops starting at $449. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221770187x1201425153/aol?redir=htt p:%2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B215566131%3B37864407%3B i) __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
