[meteorite-list] A possible 'wrong and a probable 'wrong in the news

[Michael Farmer]

I know Thomas Osterberg, we hunted with them and their family last year in Muonionalusta. His daughter found a ~400 kilo piece last year, so it looks like they found the new main-mass this year. 
Congrats to them, I will miss the white nights this year, I am not going ot Sweden, as I have other plans for this summer that involve the southern hemisphere, not the Arctic.
As the for the UK object, sounds pretty lame to me. 
Michael Farmer


--- On Sat, 6/14/08, Dr. Svend Buhl <info at niger-meteorite-recon.de> wrote:


> From: Dr. Svend Buhl <info at niger-meteorite-recon.de>

> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] A possible 'wrong and a probable 'wrong in the news

> To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>

> Date: Saturday, June 14, 2008, 8:56 AM

> as for the find near Kitkiojarvi, why is that supposed to be

> a "wrong" or 

> "probable wrong"? The find location in mind this

> sounds rather like a big 

> Muonionalusta to me. If so, my sincere congratulations to

> Thomas Osterberg!

> 

> Svend

> 

> 

> ----- Original Message ----- 

> From: "Darren Garrison"

> <cynapse at charter.net>

> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>

> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 4:29 PM

> Subject: [meteorite-list] A possible 'wrong and a

> probable 'wrong in the 

> news

> 

> 

> http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/06/13/Giant_meteorite_found_in_Sweden/UPI-38431213396355/

> 

> STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 13 (UPI) -- A massive meteorite

> weighing a 

> staggering

> 2,607 pounds has been found near the northern Swedish

> village of 

> Kitkiojarvi,

> officials say.

> 

> Thomas Osterberg, one of the two people who found it, said

> it was the 

> biggest

> meteorite ever found in Sweden, the Swedish news agency TT

> reported.

> 

> He said it was egg-shaped, about one meter high with a

> diameter of about 70

> centimeters at its broadest.

> 

> The finders say they hope to sell the whopper to the

> Swedish Museum of 

> Natural

> History.

> 

> "It must stay in Sweden," Osterberg said.

> 

> 

> 

> 

> 

> 

> http://www.winsfordguardian.co.uk/news/latestnews/3163460.Man_claims_a_meteorite_left_a_hole_in_his_garden/

> 

>  A WINSFORD man had an unwelcome visitor on Sunday night in

> the form of a 

> small

> meteorite.

> 

> Graham Brooks, 37, a heavy goods vehicle fitter, lives at

> his mother 

> Christine's

> house at Railway Cottages in Rilshaw Lane.

> 

> He was sitting at home looking at wedding magazines with

> his partner Karen 

> at

> around 10.30pm when he heard a loud bang outside.

> 

> When the couple went to see what had happened, they found a

> pile of stones 

> and

> soil up against their caravan in the back garden and a

> small golf-ball sized

> hole in the ground leaving bits of silver fragments around

> it.

> 

> Graham said: "It felt like a gas cylinder exploded or

> something and there 

> was a

> very loud bang."

> 

> The incident was believed to have been caused by a small

> meteorite hitting 

> the

> ground that caused soil and stones to make dents in the

> caravan.

> 

> Graham added: "I've never seen or heard anything

> like it before.

> 

> "If it had been three feet closer then it would have

> come through the 

> skylight

> in the roof and hit us.

> 

> "It was as loud as a gunshot and the neighbours were

> gobsmacked.

> 

> "I was very shocked by the incident and we're

> supposed to be getting married 

> in

> September as well."

> 

> Graham spoke to Terry O' Brian, who works for

> Manchester Museum, who asked

> Graham to post the bits to him for analysis but believes it

> might have been 

> a

> meteorite from Graham's description.

> 

> It is estimated to have caused around £1,000 worth of

> damage to the caravan.

> 

> Graham and his partner Karen are currently speaking with

> their insurance 

> company

> to see if they are covered.

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