Randy Lunn Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 If it was hot enough to start a fire it will be large enough to easily find. if no meteorite then the fire was started some other way. I hope if was a meteorite. It could become famous and valuable. 1 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/20215-did-a-meteorite-just-hit-this-guys-house/page/2/#findComment-217503 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phrunt Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 I know what happened, the guy was cooking himself some clone KFC chicken in his deep fryer, the meteorite smacked straight into his deep fryer and up in flames his kitchen went. Pretty cool, I don't know if you have Hot and Spicy KFC in the USA but I'm sure that's what his meal turned into. 2 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/20215-did-a-meteorite-just-hit-this-guys-house/page/2/#findComment-217524 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesD Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Good example from a friend of mine, of a what a fresh "crater" looks like: 5 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/20215-did-a-meteorite-just-hit-this-guys-house/page/2/#findComment-217559 Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathray Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Here ya go 7 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/20215-did-a-meteorite-just-hit-this-guys-house/page/2/#findComment-217595 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSPR Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 If I were going out in that salt flat, or what ever it was, I would invest in a gas powered trail bike not a slow, short range e-bike. You could probably find a dozen meteorites out there with something that could get you around a little better. Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/20215-did-a-meteorite-just-hit-this-guys-house/page/2/#findComment-217638 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aureous Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 ALL meteorites only supply flame when ablating due to speed (frictional velocity) through an oxygen rich environment. The moment they stop, the flames cease and the remaining stone cools almost immediately. Several instances have occurred where observers have picked up meteorites within a minute or two of them landing....they are barely warm. No chance of any meteorite ever causing a fire except where they have hit an object already on fire or disrupting an electrical device. Glad that someone plotted the trajectory and discounted the meteorite-fire theory on this guys house. 2 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/20215-did-a-meteorite-just-hit-this-guys-house/page/2/#findComment-217660 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB_Amateur Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 16 hours ago, Aureous said: No chance of any meteorite ever causing a fire except where they have hit an object already on fire or disrupting an electrical device. These eyewitnesses might disagree...." 4 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/20215-did-a-meteorite-just-hit-this-guys-house/page/2/#findComment-217698 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aureous Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 7 hours ago, GB_Amateur said: These eyewitnesses might disagree...." The impact detonation and resultant 'nuclear winter' did that....not a fire. 1 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/20215-did-a-meteorite-just-hit-this-guys-house/page/2/#findComment-217723 Share on other sites More sharing options...
strick Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 On 11/9/2022 at 3:20 PM, Aureous said: No chance of any meteorite ever causing a fire except where they have hit an object already on fire or disrupting an electrical device. Glad that someone plotted the trajectory and discounted the meteorite-fire theory on this guys house. This I thought we already had a discussion here a while back about meteors causing fires. Funny the guy played along with the reporter all the while with a lighted cigarette in his hand lol. I've never heard of a meteor being the cause for a forest fire before. strick 1 2 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/20215-did-a-meteorite-just-hit-this-guys-house/page/2/#findComment-217922 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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