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    Posted 11 years ago

    PaperHoarder
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    I found these negatives in an early Kodak Asia envelope. The first one shows a man standing near what appears to be a large boulder. The second one shows a man about waist deep in a hole where the object came from. There are other negatives including one of a man pointing at or touching the object with a stick, even though he could easily reach out his arm and touch it. Any help with what the object may be is appreciated.

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    1. PaperHoarder, 11 years ago
      These were found in NH but in a Kodak Asia envelope.
    2. PaperHoarder, 11 years ago
      I am not sure but the negatives seemed to have been in the envelope for a while and a can't see any state on the license plate of the car in one of the negatives.
    3. PaperHoarder, 11 years ago
      Thanks, I never considered the meteorite idea but it is plausible. It almost seems as though the item was completely buried and found because there is one negative of a field that appears to have been plowed and then another one that appears to be an old horse drawn plow that was being used to remove the object.
    4. PaperHoarder, 11 years ago
      I actually just took another look at the negatives and the plow is actually a wheelbarrow. Also, I don't think them area that looks like it was plowed was actually plowed. Rather, I think it was tracks from wheelbarrows. It also appears that in one negative they set up some sort of tent near their car.
    5. Bootson Bootson, 11 years ago
      I just "inverted" (made positive) your negatives in a photo editing program.
      I will post them post haste. You can copy them if you want and let me know when to take them off CW.
    6. PaperHoarder, 11 years ago
      Thank you very much Bootson. If it is not too much to ask, I have one other negative with a license plate that may be easier to read if inverted.
    7. Bootson Bootson, 11 years ago
      Ok - Glad to help. Post away.
    8. Bootson Bootson, 11 years ago
      I also like paper and pictures and a mystery.

      If that were a meteorite found today you could sell it and buy a small country.
    9. PaperHoarder, 11 years ago
      Thanks, I am surprised by how much meteorites go for. I heard Mars is more expensive than gold gram per gram. Do you think it is a meteorite?
    10. Bootson Bootson, 11 years ago
      I am not a rock expert but I would guess no.
    11. walksoftly walksoftly, 11 years ago
      I had inverted these images when you first posted them, it doesn't look like a meteorite to me. It's to rough, the heat of reentry makes them smooth.
      A meteorite that measured apx. 4' across landed in Egypt & left a crater 150' wide & 50' deep.
    12. PaperHoarder, 11 years ago
      Thanks, what do you think it is? In other negatives there is a man holding small pieces of rock or something similar to rock. It appears that it was significant enough for them to set up a tent because there is a large tent setup near their car.
    13. vetraio50 vetraio50, 11 years ago
      Those trees in the background look like gum trees.
      Australia? Is it a termite hill? Did they destroy it?
      Are the pieces there in the second photo?
      Just alternative thoughts.
      The surface looks different to a meteorite in Bootson's positive pix.
    14. PaperHoarder, 11 years ago
      The envelope does have names of Kodak locations in Australia so it may be Australia. The pieces are not there in the second photo. However, I posted some other negatives that includes what appears to be a wheelbarrow filled with pieces, but the wheelbarrow appears to be about at least 10 feet below ground level. There is also some type of wood beam in a negative so I am not sure if this location was some kind of mine.
    15. vetraio50 vetraio50, 11 years ago
      Termite hills are a mound above ground and the colony goes underground too.
      You can see the extent of it here:
      http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=lFg21x2sj-M&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DlFg21x2sj-M&gl=GB
    16. walksoftly walksoftly, 11 years ago
      You should consider building a light box to view & photograph the negatives.
      Info;
      http://www.ehow.com/how_6501439_building-light-box-photo-negatives.html
    17. PaperHoarder, 11 years ago
      Thanks, I don't think these are of termite holes though. I may see of scanning them makes the negatives easier to view.
    18. peteeone peteeone, 10 years ago
      I don't know if it's the same meteor featured in a segment of 'Mysteries at the Museum' on the Travel Channel.....http://www.travelchannel.com/video/battle-over-a-space-rock

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