Comments on: Northwest meteorite?

By: Oedipus

Oedipus — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:39:01 +0000

Well I went to the U of M in Missoula to find a Geologist (as suggested) and I have never seen such a confused bunch of people in my life. No one knew anything about he rest of the Campus and couldnt even read their own Map.

After zig zagging across the campus for several hours, I finally ran into one of the “esteemed” Geology professors, and ‘this person’ highly doubted and scrutinized any hope of any such chance of their being a Copper Meteorite.

This person was not from Montana, and doesnt know anything about Eastern Montana especially…..

but what I did find was….

In Greenland Robert Edwin Peary [b. Cresson, Pennsylvania, May 6, 1856, d. Washington, DC, February 20, 1920] notes that natives make tools from copper broken from a large meteorite. The remaining 37-ton copper meteorite is now in the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

An authority on this would sure be great to find. No one answers Email at the University and I am suprized the people can get dressed and find their way there every day…..

By: B

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:45:41 +0000

Why is everyone so sure it was meteor and not something else? It seems more than a little likely that these multiple sightings were of more than one event. Perhaps several of these “meteors” entered the atmosphere, and yet no one has entertained that possibility.

By: Oedipus

Oedipus — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:07:16 +0000

I have what appears to be an 8lb Copper Meteor that was found in a crater in Montana.

We are trying to verify its authenticity so we can sell it and find out what its worth.

Can anyone suggest where in Montana we can get this assayed ?

Thanks

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:14:52 +0000

There were even reportings of sightings of the meteor in British Columbia as far north as Kamloops!

Carolyn:-)

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:00:52 +0000

The Tri-City Herald has two – count ‘em, TWO – videos of the meteor.

They appear to have been recorded by security cameras but they are VERY cool.

They also say that experts at the University of Washington feel it did not reach the ground. Of there are dissenters.

The article and video can be seen at:

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/901/story/96517.html

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:08:03 +0000

This meteor was seen by hundreds of fortunate individuals like me.
I live in Ontario, Oregon. I was on the way to work on 19 Feb 2008 at about 6:32. I was driving west 45 mph and looking at the full moon ahead and to my left when the sky and the valley I was facing suddenly lit up very bright. It was like someone had turned on a switch to the sun. In fact, it startled me it was so bright and my immediate thought was, “Is that a Nuke?” And then I thought, “A nuke out here? (I’m in the high desert)Maybe a Meteor?” I could see the light was brightest to the North and so I leaned forward (I couldn’t see it through the windshield window it was still that high) and then I saw the Meteor coming in at a steep angle, (it looked from the North). It glowed yellow/white then exploded into several pieces at maybe 5000-10,000ft, (it looked to be at about a 30 degree angle from me in altitude). It looked close like it was only maybe 3-4 miles NNW of my location. It seemed right on top of me it was so big and bright. I know for a fact that it did explode. Also it was high up when it did. So it did not come down and impact intact. I didn’t hear a sonic boom, however my radio was on so that might have covered the sound. When I got to work, many of my co workers also saw it, (both from Day-shift and Graveyard). Some were walking in the parking lot and others were coming in like me. The people that saw this meteor that lived 50 miles away say they saw a flash. Not me, the whole valley lit up and was easy to see for miles, (2450 feet elevation-no trees). I’ve been hearing that it was 300 miles away. No way. Too big and bright and I saw the fragments come down on fire as it blew up (I don’t think I could have seen those fragments if so far out, even the glitter). I’m telling you, it lit up the whole area like someone was beaming down a huge spot light. Just amazing. The best one I’ve seen in my 40 years.

By: joe ga

joe ga — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:12:50 +0000

i saw a bright flash of light appear to go straight down into the ground on the same day as people said they saw the meteorite, but i’m here in georgia and what i saw happened at 1:45 am, soooo….was that the same thing because unless time zones have changed i’m three hours behind the meteorite falling