Comments on: Alert – High Confidence Meteorite Fall in Northeast Ohio

By: Boyd T. Douglass

Boyd T. Douglass — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:29:33 +0000

point well taken ! Mike Hankey was very hepfull to me in the testing of a possible meteorite frag . Thanks mike its time to move on .

By: amsadmin

amsadmin — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:37:34 +0000

I must remind everyone that the American Meteor Society does not deal with meteorites in any capacity. We are limited to offering information and listing data on observing meteor showers, meteors, and fireballs in the sky. We would suggest contacting one of the many reputable groups/individuals listed on the web that deal specifically with meteorites. The first contact I would suggest would be the Meteorites Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers. Their web site is: http://alpo-astronomy.org/meteorite/

Clear Skies!

Robert Lunsford
Operations Manager
American Meteor Society

By: Boyd T. Douglass

Boyd T. Douglass — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:31:38 +0000

I found an object about the size of my thumb nail , its shaped like a turttle with his head sticking out of the shell ,its color is kind of greyish blackish and has a very strong magnetic draw . the crust was chiped off the end of the nose of the turttle reveling a very hi shine . it also has two small craters . it looks like i may have been in its path, dono .

By: brandy

brandy — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:55:06 +0000

I found something strange, My husband joked and told me about the meteor in our area and i started to google. I found nothing, lost interest and forgot about it…when cleaning today i ran across my little stash pile of rocks and started looking again for info on who to call to find out about them. Thay are a shiny black hubby said it was coal but its not
Thay when in a little pit in my driveway like it landed hard and broke in about 5 pieces…

By: Adam Hill

Adam Hill — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 01:08:00 +0000

Definitely not a meteorite.

By: Joe Hunter

Joe Hunter — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:42:45 +0000

‘craters within craters’ is generally a sign of man made slag. These ‘craters’ or vesicles are a sure sign of meteor wrong.

A meteorite would be smooth, black and would have a fusion crust on all or part of it.

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:16:36 +0000

21AUG11; found a very heavy “rock”, NNW of estimated impact zone, on the roadside of a public roadway. it resembled
a simple large rock, but is very heavy and dense, and has “craters within craters” on the surface. the physical size can
only be described as the size of a small mango or Haas avocado. it’s outside the theoretical impact zones and a little
larger than stated expectations, but a magnet does hold to it in one location of obvious oxidation. and, it was unlike the
other rocks in the immediate vicinity.

By: Erik

Erik — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 19:55:27 +0000

It’s about 15 miles from me. I haven’t heard anything in the local news yet. I might take a ride up there this weekend.

By: Davidgojr

Davidgojr — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:39:04 +0000

Any reports of meteorites on the ground yet?