A bi-monthly print magazine focusing on the adventure and fun of meteorites, the joy of meteorite collecting, and the science behind it all!
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A 308g stone chondrite meteorite crashed through the roof and ceiling of a dental office in Lorton VA.
Meteorites In The United States
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A Google Earth Map of all meteorites found and classified in the United States, complete with links, classification types, and coordinates of the meteorite falls and finds. Data will be added over time and are searchable on the Meteoritical Bulletin’s website for more information.
Meteorites USA
Have you seen a meteor fireball? Report it here.
To Report A Fireball Sighting: Fill out the form below and click SEND. Someone from Meteorites USA will be in contact with you shortly. Clicking SEND will post the report info immediatly to the site in REAL TIME. If there’s info you don’t wish to be [...]
Two “Asteroid” pieces have been found in Karimpur village in India
No Photos… Short blurbs… Hot meteorites!???
http://www.indopia.in/India-usa-uk-news/latest-news/579540/Science/9/20/9
EXCERPT: “…Two asteroids, which are believed to be pieces of a bigger meteor, have been found at Karimpur village in the district here.The small asteroids were found in the compound of Shyambir, a villager, yesterday. “Two small asteroids which fell [...]
A huge explosion and shower of debris sparks a theory that this event could be a meteorite dropping fireball. Here’s an excerpt from an article published in the Geelong Advertiser.
The report also states that a resident in the area said “..it sounded like a rock had been thrown at their kitchen window…”
“…David Van Vledder believes [...]
May 10th 2009
Here’s an interesting fireball. This is an unidentified fireball. Meaning that it’s not clear whether this is space debris, a plane, or a meteor fireball. It’s very cool nonetheless. This fireball was sighted and photographed by Paul Weaver after he received a call from his daughter who had been cruising in her car [...]
May 7th 10:30am PST UPDATE:
We’ve located an eyewitness to the event. They report that it was a “ball of fire in the air” and that it “moving downward” at a 45 degree angle and seemed to “slow and drop off steeply” at about a 75 degree angle during the last part of the event. The [...]
UPDATE May 11th 2009: The Meteorite Men premier was last night, did you watch it? The adventure comic theme was fabulously thought up and gave a wonderful treasure hunting feel to the show. It’s been a long time coming and meteorite enthusiasts from all over the world have been waiting for a long time for [...]
May 2nd UPDATE: After days of exhaustive research, interviews, reports and countless phone calls I believe we’re closing in on the possible fall location. We’ve received many reports via our fireball report hotline at 904-236-5394 and many people have sent us email describing their experience of this exciting event.
The reports generally suggest that this fireball [...]
As of April 22nd 2009 we’re still investigating this event.
On April 20th I was contacted by a man claiming to have a possible meteorite from the Merced Fireball which happened at around 3am Dec 27th 2008. Meteorite hunters and scientists have scoured the area and compiled much data on this event, however no one has [...]
April 17th 2009 6:30am A Fireball streaked across the sky over Wise county Virginia.
The early morning fireball was reported to have broken into two large pieces before extinguishing. Witnesses describe the fireball breaking apart in the sky and falling somewhere near Tacoma, VA according to reports. Witnesses also claim the fireball was at a very [...]
April 7th between 9:30 and 9:45pm (EST) Another fireball in the North Florida southern Georgia area! Tuesday night residents from Waycross Georgia to Crescent Beach Florida experienced a rare event. A huge fireball lasting more than 5 seconds was sighted by numerous people over the area. Reports are sketchy and still coming in. REPORT THE FIREBALL
This [...]
Looks like we have another exciting event! Fireballs from the sky, meteors, explosions! Sonic booms and fireball sightings have been reported all over the SouthEast from Maryland to Virgina and last week Georgia had it’s own big boom too. Over Augusta Georgia at around 3 a.m. on the 20th a fireball was sighted followed by [...]
Great video of Robert Ward and Shauna Russel finding a huge Glorieta Siderite meteorite. Over 50 Kilos! With him on the hunt, Dave Gheesling, Greg Hupe, and Mike Farmer. VIDEO: http://prospectingchannel.com/Meteorite.html
Robert Ward’s Site: Iron From The Sky – http://www.ironfromthesky.com
Dave Gheesling’s Site: FallingRocks.com – http://www.fallingrocks.com
Mike Farmer’s Site: MeteoriteHunter.com – http://www.meteoritehunter.com
Greg Hupe’s Site: Lunarrock.com – http://www.lunarrock.com/
March 20th 2009: Barely a month after a meteorite fell in West, Texas, there’s been another fireball and explosion witnessed in the USA, this time in Georgia. Reports say that around 3am Friday morning residents in the Augusta Georgia area experienced a explosive event. Some witnesses describe it like this:
“…I was waken up by a [...]
Feb 25th: Texas Meteorite Expedition: Day 4 First Meteorite Found!
After much researching, searching, collaborating, driving, and some luck, ten days after a meteorite fell to Earth in West Texas I found my first piece of the newest known meteorite fall in the world!It’s a nice little fragment of this beautiful chondrite. Gorgeously fresh fusion crust [...]
West Texas Meteorite Expedition. Here’s an update of the past few days:
Feb 21
Day 0: Sick with cold after planning trip and raising funds for expedition. Trip postponed for 24 hrs
Feb 22, 10:00 am
Day 1: Started out for Texas. Driving non-stop from San Diego, CA. Google maps said 19hrs 48mins. They lied! lol
Feb 23 [...]
Hi all you crazed meteorite hunters and enthusiasts out there in meteorite land. As we near our fundraising goal I wanted to drop in and say thank you to everyone who has helped thus far. Many of you have surprised us in your support of this adventure and we sincerely appreciate it.
This is a notice [...]
We’re raising funds for an expedition to Texas by having a huge meteorite sale. Every meteorite we have is on sale here: http://www.meteoritesusa.com/west-texas-meteorite.htm
All sales proceeds go to help fund the meteorite expedition to West, Texas.
All help is greatly appreciated!
Besides you can’t beat these deals on these gorgeous meteorites.
METEORITES ARE ON THE GROUND IN WEST TEXAS!
In a small town North of Waco Texas, scientists from the University of North Texas and some lucky meteorite meteorite hunters have found meteorites from Feb 15ths Fireball in the sky.
There was a giant explosion that sent one local farmer scrambling for cover under his barn after he [...]
Hundreds of Reports come from all around Dallas Fort Worth, Austin, and Waco Texas about a fireball seen on Feb 15th at around 11am. Here’s some another video, and eyewitness reports compiled from all over the web.
If anyone has any information about this meteor please contact us immediately.
REPORT AUSTIN TEXAS FIREBALL HERE: Report Fireball or [...]
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