Date:         Sat, 18 Jan 2003 00:09:18 -0500
Reply-To:     Bradley Flubacher <flub@ADELPHIA.NET>
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From:         Bradley Flubacher <flub@ADELPHIA.NET>
Subject:      Re: Friday - hazards to our van (LVC)
Comments: To: David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
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If I'm not mistaken, this happened outside a football stadium.  The car
was moved-  it's worth a fortune because it's the only car that was hit
by a meteor.  You can see from the picture that it was taken through
protective glass.  No doubt it on display somewhere in a museum of
sorts.  You can see a reflection of the people gazing at it in the
protective glass.

Certainly not a hoax.  Well documented.  Coincidentally, the pictures
shown in the link given on that page were taken just about 40 miles
south of where I live.

Brad


David Brodbeck wrote:

>On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, developtrust wrote:
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>>I just still do not believe a meteor will slow down enough to cause such
>>minor damage. It has to be a hoax.
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>I don't think the damage is actually all that 'minor'.  A lot of energy
>was dissipated in deforming and puncturing all that sheet metal.  If you
>look closely, the *whole car* is deformed -- notice the uneven gaps at the
>tops of the doors. The photo appears to have been taken inside a garage;
>that suggets that either the photo was staged after the car had been moved
>(which would explain the lack of an impact crater) or the meteor was
>slowed somewhat by punching through the roof before hitting the car.
>Either way, it would have lost a lot of momentum in the process of
>crumpling the unlucky Chevy.
>
>There's also this page, which goes into great detail about the meteor,
>including the fact that it was videotaped during its descent by no fewer
>than 16 people: http://uregina.ca/~astro/mb_5.html   A Google search will
>turn up several more references.  I don't think it's a hoax.
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