Alan Hildebrand Quotations

Derek's recent discovery is very weathered, so much so, that when I received the samples that I didn't think that they were meteorites. But I couldn't tell what type of rock they were so I cut one, and to my surprise found metal inside. We checked it with the microprobe and the metal contained nickel confirming its origin.

If these meteorites fell on the ice sheet, they would have to have been on Earth for 12,000 years or longer. We now have to make a plan for the Prairie Meteorite Search to further investigate the region next summer and I expect Manitoba could well become Canada's pre-eminent meteorite province during 2006.

It does seem there is a meteorite dumping ground here now, and our expectation is if you spend time looking in this area, you should be able to find lots more meteorites.

The only thing we can think of is they were dumped here by the glaciers when the continental ice sheet melted away in this area 11,000 years ago.