[meteorite-list] new Utah fall?

[michael cottingham]

NOT a meteorite and author seems a little out of touch with reality...

Best Wishes

Michael Cottingham
On Apr 15, 2009, at 10:27 PM, Linton Rohr wrote:


> Greetings listees,

> I have purchased some land in Utah, and am making plans to move  

> there, and therefore have developed an interest in obtaining some  

> Utah meteorites. (As good an excuse as any, right?) There are 19  

> meteorites listed in the Bulletin, only 6 of which have TKW's  

> exceeding 1kg. I received search results from E-Bay today fitting  

> that description, but I am highly skeptical of the ad. Check it out:

> http://my.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MyEbay&gbh=1

> First of all, the account of the fall sounds a bit dubious in spots.  

> And no photos are available, due to "camera problems". The recovered  

> specimen had a glow the size of a golf ball, but is only described  

> as being 9mm. Is that the longest dimension? No weight given. The  

> other, unrecovered one, appeared to be the size of a basketball. And  

> he'll lead us right to the search area. All this for only $1600.  

> Small unphotographed specimen of undisclosed weight included. ;^)  

> Any takers? By the way, I inquired, seeking more info and evidence,  

> but have had no reply at this point.

> I've only been collecting 2 or 3 years, but I haven't seen an ad  

> quite like this until now. Any thoughts from those of you more  

> experienced?

> Thank you for your input.

> Linton Rohr

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