Show Utah Meteorite Receives National Attention The Institute I has just released a report on the so- so called so-called Drum Mountains Meteorite found in Utah in 1944 1044 and the report Is 18 attractIng attractIng attracting attract attract- ing national attention The meteorite was discovered by chance In 1944 by two JaPanese Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese from the Topaz relocation relocation relocation reloca reloca- tion center set up near Delta for enemy nationals during the war The meteorite is the eighth largest yet found in the United States It weighs 1164 pounds When found it was about two feet above the ground and the striking appearance attracted attracted attracted at at- the attention of ef the discOverers dis dis- dis- dis coverers A piece of af the meteorite meteor meteor- ite was chipped off and sent to The entire object object ob ob- has now been removed to Washington where here it is undergoing undergoing under under- going a complete study by the staff of the institution The report states that iron meteorites frequently show broad shallow depressions on an their surface which are known as thumb marks This Iron meteorite has deeper depressions unrelated to the so- so called thumb marks The meteorite meteorite me me- was found resting almost entirely on the surface and yet It Is estimated that It must have lad had ad at least foot foot- pounds of force when It struck the earth There was no ho evidence evidence evidence evi evi- dence of ot a crater in the formation formation forma forma- tion in which the iron was dis dis- covered A poss possible ble explanation Is that it fell some distance from the point where It was found and that it either bounced or rolled to the place where i it t finally came to rest |