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Sonny
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Reged: 08/28/08
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Hi List,
I recently had a chance to check out a possible meteorite impact crater North of Alamo, Nevada. In the 1940's a large fireball was witnessed by residents of the area. The crater was found the following day on a mountainside. Anyone knowing my interest in meteorites understands I will take off on a moments notice to spend the day in the field hunting for meteorites. I would say 98 percent of the time alI come home with is a sunburn and an empty lunch bag. I decided to check the crater out and spend a day looking for meteorites.
Sonny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6R6bxtdPfQ
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bigbaldjoe
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Loc: Bethlehem, Georgia
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Sonny,
Too bad you didn't find anything (except great views). Keep it up.
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edwincjones
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thank you for posting-is your opinion that this is NOT an impact crater?
edj
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Sonny
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Hi,
Thanks for the great replies. Ed, I really don't know for sure
what caused this crater.Nevada has been a testing ground for many years. What I was trying to find were pieces of meteorite or fragments of metal.But I found neither.It may take weeks to fully check the area out.There are so many variables when it comes to meteorite fireballs, falls and meteorite impact craters, we may never know. I have plans to go back, when the weather cools down.I would like to have a solid answer to what caused the crater.
Sonny
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RockGirlsRock
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Reged: 09/03/08
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Loc: Camp Verde, AZ
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Hey Sonny,
I really enjoyed the video and I too am sorry the area wasn't littered with meteorites. What a beautiful area though and if any meteorites have ever fallen near there, I'm sure someday you're going to find them.
I hope you saved that tin foil for the next time you're near area 51.  I was hunting once and a guy stopped me to ask what I was looking for. When I told him "meteorites" he asked me why I wasn't wearing a tin foil hat. The question took me by surprise and the best I could come up with was "Oh, we don't wear them in public anymore".
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Glassthrower
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Hi Maria,
In my relatively short time in the meteorite world, I have run into some strange questions and statements from people not acquainted with meteorites, but I have yet to get the tinfoil hat question. 
Regards and clear skies,
MikeG
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Michael Gilmer - Member of the Meteoritical Society & Collector of Falling Stars.
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Zebra24601
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Trivia fact for the day: They pronounce it, "a-LA-mo" or "a-LAM-0," not a-la-MO
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Zebra24601
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zagami
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Reged: 08/22/08
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Loc: The Big Sky
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Hi Sonny,
Did you geiger counter measure anything above background at the a-la-MO crater?
What? No geiger counter? You're braver than I thought.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/area-5110.htm
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Sonny
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Reged: 08/28/08
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Hi All,
Zebra thanks for the trivia facts ?
Zagami this area is well of the test site.I do carry a personal geiger counter nothing yet!
Sonny
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