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| 1. DATE, TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION | | --- | --- | | 6 Nov 64 07/0600Z | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | | 3. SOURCE civilian | 10. CONCLUSION 1. Astro (Meteor) 2. Other (Rock) | | 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS multiple | Visual observation of meteor. Physical Specimen Analysis determined to be Rock. | | 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION brief | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Boy observed meteor. Attempted to recover obj in nearby river bed. Obtained 23 pound sample and portion forwarded for analysis. Spectrographic and chemical analysis indicated that object did not have space residue. | | 6. TYPE OF OBS…
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BOWSER-MORNER Testing Laboratories, Inc. CHEMISTS • INSPECTORS • ENGINEERS Founded 1911 420 DAVIS AVENUE MAIL ADDRESS P.O. BOX 51 DAYTON 1, OHIO PHONE: 253-8805 January 7, 1965 Laboratory Report Report to: University of Cincinnati - Cincinnati, Ohio Report on: Spectrographic Semi-Quantitative Analysis Laboratory No.: 616507 Your Mark: P.O. No. 31984 Sample Identification: 4-1997 | Calcium | 6.00 | | --- | --- | | Copper | .02 | | Magnesium | 2.5 | | Silicon | 29.0 | | Iron | 9.0 | | Nickel | .02 | | Sodium | 1.0 | | Aluminum | 4.0 | | Manganese | .15 | | Titanium | 1.50 …
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SUBORDER (Ref ASDR 80-4) | 1. TO (Supporting Element) | 2. DATE | 3. FOR SERVICE IN SUPPORT OF: | 4. FILE OR LEDGER NO. | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | MAUA | 28 Dec. 64 | SYSTEM NO. | INITIATING ELEMENT | | 5. DATE COMPLETION REQ. | 6. PRIORITY | PROJECT NO. | SUPPORTING ELEMENT | | 7. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF WORK REQUESTED | 8. PRECEDENCE RATING | TASK NO. | 4-1997 | | VOLAS | | LAB NO. | 68001 | | 9. A/C TYPE, MODEL AND SERIAL NO. | PROGRAM STRUCTURE | OTHER | | | | TITLE | | | 10. DESCRIPTION OF WORK DETERMINE COMPOSITION OF SAMPLE. 1. Spectrographic 2. X-ray diffract…
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 # Meteorite Recovered Bruce Baskerville, left, 5312 S. Monte Pl., and Rick Barnes, center, 3020 SW 53rd Pl., listen as Dale Johnson, staff member at Kirkpatrick planetarium, points out a piece of what is believed to be meteorite the boys found in southwest Oklahoma City Saturday. Young Barnes saw the meteorite fall about midnight Friday. The piece of material weighs 23 pounds. # 23-Pound Meteorite Found In City Field Two teen-age boys Saturday found what is believed to be a 23-pound meteorite Baskerville, 5312 S. Monte Pl., found the meteorite Saturday morning in…
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which apparently fell to the earth in Southwest Oklahoma City Friday night. The boys, Rick Barnes, 3020 SW 53, and Bruce field in the 3500 block near SW 53. Barnes said he saw the object fall about midnight Friday.  ## This Is The Spot Dale Johnson lifts piece of "meteorite" from charred debris in creek bed in Southwest Oklahoma City. Two boys found the piece of material in the field after one of them saw a "shooting star" about midnight Friday.  Ward across the sky, 210 said he saw a shower of sparks as the meteorite struck the earth. …
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Kirkpatrick Planetarium's Dale Johnson examines suspected meteorite that fell in southwestern Oklahoma City. # Planetarium Probing ## Fiery Cinders Unique Find? By Jack Taylor A 23-pound cinder that fell in southwest Oklahoma City Friday night has been almost positively identified as part of a meteorite that crashed to earth during a heavy, 3-day meteor shower, an official of the Kirkpatrick Planetarium said Thursday. "From all indications that's what it is," said Dale Johnson, geologist, amateur astronomer, and assistant director of the planetarium. He's Sold Privately, Johnson says he…
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Information Only Oklahoma City, Oklahoma November 6, 1964 # Oklahoma City's Rare Visitor From Space Little did Rick Barns realize that before the night of November 6th, 1964 was over he would witness an occurrence seldom seen in most lifetimes. About midnight Mr. Barnes went out to his car and observed a "shooting star" about the size of a basketball go overhead. It made no sound, was a blue-green in color and disappeared behind a row of houses. Next he saw a shower of sparks and heard an explosion. The first question that entered his mind was, "What had landed?" Early the next morning with…
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Information Only Source: Interp Novemb City, Oklahoma 1964 The fragment was 3/16 th of an inch long. Dark gray in color, scori- atic in structure and with amydales of a friable white material. All in all, your specium resembled closely what is known in terrestrial petro- graphy as "amydoloidal melaphyre." This term has now become antiquated since it embodies rocks of rather wide variation in composition. On a detailed examination this specimen, however, differs, considerably from all forms of terrestrial pet- rography. When examined under a binocular microscope at 40 X magnification, the w…
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