Who owns this meteorite?

[Tuberale]

Thanks for the reply, galenrog. This stone left hardly any crater. At all. The "crater" is only 40 feet long, and barely over 25 across, I think. Not what I would normally call a crater.

 

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[Hillbilly Prince]

Okay, it came from space so really it is from a different country. Plant a flag on it and claim in your name. Be prepared...the Space Force may show up

 

[BillA]

ok, we're on it
raise cash = sell passports
might get crowded

edit: early passport gets the worm

 

[Gilligan]

Witnessed the fall but fell in the 1800's; saw on Google Earth....really? Fell soft as a feather for a meteorite? Going to go get a piece of it? Fascinating. What kind of a saw are you going to take to the site to get a piece of it? Best have a metal blade on that K-12. This is funny. My IQ is way lower than yours.

 

[Tuberale]

Witnessed the fall but fell in the 1800's; saw on Google Earth....really? Fell soft as a feather for a meteorite? Going to go get a piece of it? Fascinating. What kind of a saw are you going to take to the site to get a piece of it? Best have a metal blade on that K-12. This is funny. My IQ is way lower than yours.

A witnessed fall is one where people have actually seen the rock fall, Gilligan. Fell in a blizzard, but lit up the sky.
Normally meteor going very fast until impact. Impact felt for 30 miles around.
K-1? Don't understand the reference.
IQ? Funny you should mention that. Mine is 130-140. What's yours?

 

[Gilligan]

Congrats on your IQ and I hope your fantasy comes true.

 

[Georgivs]

The stone is on federal land, not BLM. Witnessed fall, found within a week of falling. {There was an old logging camp nearby.} Site has been clearcut several times since the stone came down. Fell soft as a feather for a meteorite. 2 feet of the stone is still above found.

So it was witnessed and found in the 1800's, then lost? Why wasn't it recovered back then? Seems like the worlds biggest intact meteorite would have been worth the effort. Best of luck to you!

 

[augoldminer]

two large meteorites found in the US I know of hit quite soft and did not break up into small pieces.

Willamette found in Oregon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willamette_Meteorite

and the old Woman meteorite

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Woman_meteorite

 

[BillA]

neither of the 2 links reference a soft landing

 

[Tuberale]

So it was witnessed and found in the 1800's, then lost? Why wasn't it recovered back then? Seems like the worlds biggest intact meteorite would have been worth the effort. Best of luck to you!

At the time, no one thought the stone was worth anything. Pretty interesting boom, though. Nearness to a logging camp helped. No one thought of meteorites as anything at the time.

 

[Tuberale]

two large meteorites found in the US I know of hit quite soft and did not break up into small pieces.

Willamette found in Oregon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willamette_Meteorite

and the old Woman meteorite

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Woman_meteorite

Actually the Willamette fell in Idaho/Montana/Canada, and was brought here in an iceberg with the Bretz floods. Dick Pugh seems pretty sure of this.

 

[Tuberale]

Just learned that the meteorite is in state lands, not federal. Hope to find a piece that was broken off in the fall. Will post again once I find it.

 

[Tuberale]

Last week went looking for it again. Didn't find it, although I did find a 4' rock: limestone, I think. Couldn't have been more than 100 feet away from it. But in a "temperate rainforest" not the easiest think to find.

 

[ExcalSam]

That had to have been the funniest episode

 

[galenrog]

Didn’t you have some google earth images showing it sticking out of the ground? I routinely use satellite images to find things that small. What went wrong?

Time for more coffee.

 

[BillA]

. . . .
IQ? Funny you should mention that. Mine is 130-140. What's yours?

a question; when the IQ gap is large communication is severely impaired
do you find that you communicate easily? - intelligibly?
comprehension decreasing at 110 and below eh
member of Mensa?

 

[A2coins]

Got get ya some of that