The Mysterious Arizona Meteorite That Baffled Experts | Meteorite Men | Spark

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  @robertscheinost179 · 4 years ago

  In the early 60's my friend and I were playing outside one summer day (we were children) I was in perfect position to see a huge iridescent ball of blue, green,red and yellow shooting low in the sky. My friend saw it when I yelled and pointed. It turned out to be a near miss meteor of gigantic proportions that was visible in the sky for a few seconds I figure I was about 10 years old. WOW! I found out in the next day's newspaper that it was a meteor that hit the atmosphere in a roughly North to South path that landed or broke up in Maryland. Life Magazine had 2 pictures, one a focused snap in black and white and the other a color snap not very focused but still awesome! I mean come on, We saw this event with our own eyes! How cool! Both photos were taken by people who were taking pictures of their families and quickly diverted their cameras if I remember correctly. The color photo was purchased by Life Mag for a serious amount of money Here in Connecticut there was a house in Wethersfield that was hit by a meteorite in 1957. It was hit by a meteorite again some 25+ years later. As Yogi Berra says "you can look it up". I'm 69 now so keep in mind I am working off of direct memory. If I'm off by a small bit please keep the comments uninsulting.

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  @dannythomson5239 · 4 years ago

  never heard of this show before, was hooked after 2 minutes, i was on edge waiting for result of the last sample, love this show, instant sub.

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  @amearttv · 2 years ago

  The way i watch geoff and steve reaction when they got a meteorwrong i felt sad but when they got 1 piece of iron meteorite i feel happy for them

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• BO

  @boonsucka1656 · 4 years ago

  I've been looking for this show for ages, since it went off air from cable tv.  Awesome to have found it again

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• FI

  @firstnamelastnameisallowed7943 · 4 years ago

  I skipped over this show a few times, ok many few times. I am very glad that I did click on it and watch it tho! Great balance of suspenseful moments, and actually finding what they search for is really cool to see! Nice to see hard work paying off especially some of those big bolder type samples they have found. Incredible stuff for sure

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  @Chuckles.. · 5 years ago

  I got hooked in early and watched the whole program and appreciate that it wasn't a waste of 47 minutes. The new iron is really beautiful, congrats to Arnold and Notkin!.

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  @damlynch9295 · 4 years ago

  I had a meteorite fly directly over my head one night while I was calving up here in M.T. it disintegrated before it hit the ground it crackled just like the firework called meteor shower at first I thought someone was playing a trick on me it was so close I could hear the particals hit the frozen ground what a spectacle I saw many more in the distance that night.

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• TR

  @trevormiles5852 · 4 years ago (edited)

  love the brotherly banter.   WAIT A MINUTE..  you brought me here  because you have a map made from a divining rod..   lol

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  @poolbear2160 · 5 years ago

  I found what I believe to be a 32 gram meteorite in the same area a few years ago. I should get it checked out.

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  @goldenpacificmedia · 4 years ago

  What a fun show and congratulations to the meteorite men!

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  @prabhakarv4193 · 2 years ago

  Very nice and informative

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  @eliP8911 · 5 years ago (edited)

  1st. "We're not showing the map to anyone" next scene shows Southern Arizona

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