JULY, 2006
ABC NEWS SPECIAL FEATURE

Aerolite Meteorites owner Geoff Notkin was interviewed for, and featured in, an ABC News special report about meteorites on July 3, 2006. The report was part of "Close Encounter: Asteroid Zips by Earth," a front page news story on the near-Earth asteroid fly-by.

Photographs of, and by, Geoff appeared as part of an online slide show on the front page of the ABC News website. Included were photos of Brenham, Kansas meteorites found by Steve Arnold and Geoff.

ABC News meteorite slide show HERE

MAY 6 – JULY 5, 2006
FORT WORTH SCIENCE MUSEUM EXHIBIT

A 59-pound Brenham iron meteorite found by Steve Arnold and Geoff Notkin on October 25, 2005 was exhibited at the Noble Planetarium, part of the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, in Fort Worth, Texas. The rare iron is part of the Aerolite Meteorites Collection and displays a remarkable animal-like form, which has earned it the nickname "Brenham Buffalo."

The Buffalo joined the Brenham Meteorite Company's world record pallasite, and other outstanding Brenham meteorite finds for a two-month free exhibit in the museum's rotunda.

APRIL, 2006
TRAVEL CHANNEL DOCUMENTARY
Aerolite Meteorites owner Geoffrey Notkin will be featured in a new documentary series about treasure hunters — Cash and Treasure — which will air on the Travel Channel early in 2007. The show was filmed in mid-April on location in Kansas and New Mexico. The host of the new show is well-known TV personality Becky Worley. The director is Chris Leavell.

The Cash and Treasure episode on meteorite hunting will include two segments. In the first, Becky, Geoff and a team of expert meteorite hunters (Sonny Clary, Ruben Garcia, Keith Jenkerson, and Mike Miller), scour the steep and ragged mountainsides of Glorieta, New Mexico for elusive siderites and pallasites. In the second segment, Becky and Geoff get down with their detectors and shovels in a couple of deep holes to help with the excavation of massive Brenham pallasites in Kiowa County, Kansas (thanks to friend and hunting partner Steve Arnold).

This will be a great show, and we're looking forward eagerly to its debut! Air dates will be posted here when we have them.

APRIL, 2006
KAKE-TV NEWS SPOT

Wichita TV visited the Brenham strewnfield during the Travel Channel film shoot on April 20. They did a news spot which includes interviews with Steve Arnold and the Travel Channel's Becky Worley, while Geoff works away in the background (in gray ranger vest) with detector and shovel.

Two large Brenham pallasites were unearthed during the one-day dig, one of them showing distinct orientation.

Download the entire KAKE-TV news spot HERE. Video clip is 6.2 mb in AVI format.
Video is © 2006 by KAKE-TV, Wichita, KS

FEBRUARY, 2006
METEORITE MAGAZINE COVER STORY
Aerolite Meteorites owner and science author Geoffrey Notkin was one of the very first people to visit Steve Arnold in the Brenham strewnfield during the fall of 2005, and examine Steve's magnificent find in person — a 1,430 lb world record pallasite. Geoff and Steve hunted for a week, and together they recovered four additional Brenham meteorites.

Geoff's experiences in Kiowa Country are cover story for the February, 2006 issue of Meteorite magazine. "Field of Dreams: Rediscovering the Brenham Pallasite."

Meteorite magazine Volume 12, No. 1, February 2006, pages 10 – 14

FEBRUARY, 2006
ANNUAL HARVEY AWARDS IN TUCSON, AZ

Geoff was presented with a People's Choice Harvey Award during the 2006 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show. The award was given in recognition of charity work within the meteorite community. The Harvey Awards Ceremony is an annual event named in honor of legendary American meteorite scientist Harvey H. Nininger.

The award was graciously presented by International Meteorite Collectors' Association President, Anne Black.
Photograph by Keith Vasquez

NOVEMBER, 2005
METEORITE MAGAZINE
Geoff authored a feature article on the annual Denver Gem and Mineral show for the fall 2005 issue of Meteorite. This was the final issue of the magazine under the excellent editorship of Dr. Joel Schiff, who founded the international publication in 1995. Geoff and Joel worked together on the magazine since 1997; Geoff also designed the magazine's new cover and logo which launched in February, 2001.

"Black Rocks, Colorado," Meteorite magazine
Volume 11, No. 4, November 2005, pages 38 – 41

OCTOBER, 2005
BRENHAM METEORITE COMPANY

Geoff was hired as the press agent and art director for the Brenham Meteorite Company of San Antonio, Texas. He orchestrated the international media effort associated with Steve Arnold's record-breaking meteorite discovery in Brenham, and served as photographer and web developer for the World Record Meteorite and Brenham Meteorite Company websites. He also designed educational and display material for the World Record Meteorite's visit to the 2006 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show.

SEPTEMBER, 2005
HURRICANE KATRINA CHARITY EVENT
In response to the Hurricane Katrina tragedy, Aerolite Meteorites organized an international charity event within the meteorite community during the fall of 2005. Participants in 15 countries raised $12,437.49 for a charity raffle held during the Denver Gem and Mineral Show on September 17, 2005. All proceeds were donated to the American Red Cross Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief Fund.