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West Texas Meteorite

Meteorite Type:  Stoney Chondrite
 Class:ification:  L6, S3, W0
Location:  McLennan and Hill Counties near West, Texas, U.S.A.
Fall Date:  February 15th, 2009
Total Known Weight: 


     For the residents of  McLennan and Hill counties, Feb 15th, 2009 will be a day remembered for a very long time! At 11:00 am, a series of three sonic booms were heard by most of the inhabitants of West, Texas.  Many rushed outside to see what was going on- many believed that an airplane must be crashing since there is more than one local airport nearby.
     All who looked up that morning saw basically the same thing: a swirling cloud crossing the morning sky. The mass was moving quite quickly and was gone within miinutes.
One local resident said he looked at his watch to see what time it was because he figured that the authorities would want to know what time the plane crashed!
Approximately 10-15 minutes after the swirling cloud disappeared, it started raining rocks. Most of the residents had gone back inside to ponder what the strange thing in the sky was. When the news came out that it was indeed a meteorite and not space debris from the collision of two space satellites the previous Saturday, many residents went back outside to look around. Several were surprised to find small black rocks lying where they
had been standing while they watched the meteorite cross the sky! Searching still goes on for more of this amazing meteorite; both by meteorite hunters and the local residents.

Keith hunting for the West Meteorite (Ash Creek) Dana and one of her finds at West (Ash Creek) Interesting tree growth at one of the local landowners homes!

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