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A Possible Meteorite Crater in the Aleutians *
Author(s) -
Paz Lincoln
Publication year - 1947
Publication title -
contributions of the meteoritical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0096-2805
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1947.tb00007.x
Subject(s) - impact crater , meteorite , astrobiology , infantry , geology , earth science , aerospace engineering , history , archaeology , engineering , physics
Neither theory nor the results of numerous observations made from military and commercial aircraft support the generally accepted belief that meteorite craters will prove to be quite easily discoverable by search from the air. As an indirect result of a campaign to discover new meteorite craters by air search, a possible meteorite crater on Amak Island in the Aleutians was reported by Charles Keenan, Second Batallion, 53rd Infantry, a member of the United States Ground Forces. All details concerning the location and nature of this Aleutian crater so far made available to me are presented in this paper.