Recent Falls
General information on recent falls.
2010
April 14, 2010 - Livingston, Wisconsin
On April 14, 2010 this meteorite fall lit the skies up for miles and was witnessed by many people as well as being recorded by several cameras in the area.
Some have gone as far as to say this may end up becoming the most famous meteorite fall in US history due to the widespread media coverage it received.
Video of the fireball was shown by Fox News and CNN on TV and covered by The Chicago Tribune, The LA Times and Wall Street Journal as well as many other media outlets and internet sites such as youtube.
Within 24 hours the first stone was recovered.
Official testing and classification is currently being done at the University of Wisconsin.
Name: To Be Announced
Classification: ? Chondrite Breccia
Location: Livingston, WI
Witnessed Fall: April 14, 2010
Total Confirmed Weight as of March 4, 2010: More then 3 kg
4/14/2010 Wisconsin Fall: TKW estimate, Update #2 (Done by Rob Matson)
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Steve Arnold: 42g, 3.6g
Larry Atkins: at least one find (Ref: RFSPD 4/25)
Karl Aston: 160.7g
Mike Bandli: 6.552g individual (purch. from anon. hunter)
Jim Baxter: 152g, 20g, 17.67g
Bergmann find: 27-gram oriented shield
Terry Boudreaux: 48-gram fragment purchased from landowner, donated to
Field Museum
Derik Bowers: 2 fragments that fit together, + 1 small frag: total 73g
Bren (farmer's wife): ~100g
Greg Catterton: 12.4g, 79.8g (purchases)
Sonny Clary: 205.6g (Brix find), 144g, 16.8g
Michael Cottingham: 51g (hammer), 60g
Mike Farmer: 131g, 38g, 20g, 17g
Ruben Garcia: 25g, 9.2g, 7.7g, + others?
Mark Hirsch: at least one find
Mark Hugill: 11g (purchased by Terry Boudreaux)
Greg Hupe: 33.7g
Jerry: ~5g
Joe Kerchner: 332g
Bill Kies: 38g, 44g, + others
Marvin Killgore: ~300g
Dylan Kindall: 2 individuals, 1 fragment, totalling 19.3g
Jason Lawson: 4 fragments totalling 14g
Jackson McCluskey: 35g
Mike Miller: 7.7g, 9.6g, + at least 2 more
Stan (last name?): 21g
Todd Parker: 108g
R (landowner): 6-10 stones, 5-10g each, currently on display at
UW-Madison **
Dave Schultz: 20g + ~25g?
T (landowner): 126g stone
Wade (farmer): 7.5g initial hammer find sent to UW
Robert Ward: 41g, 53g
Rob Wesel: 219.2g
Eric Wichman: 14.5g, 19.9g, 18.3g, + others?
Robert Woolard: 3.2g, 11.8g
Unnamed Iowa-Grant schoolgirl: ~20-25g
Sister of Ashley Liddicoat: 176.1g (in Steve Arnold's possession)
Total # of stones: 71+
TKW of stones above w/known masses: 3261.82g
** Note: For the stones on display at UW-Madison, I took the average of the estimate: 8 stones, total
mass of 60g
79.8 gram complete individual
8.5g and 2.9g from an individual cut in half
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2009
February 15, 2009 - West, Texas - "Ash Creek"
Meteorite Name: Ash Creek aka "West"
Classification: L6 Chondrite
Location: West, Texas
TKW: 15 kg
On February 15, 2009, at ~11:00 am, a person shooting a video of a sports event in Waco, Texas, captured a fireball heading across the mid morning sky. The residents of West, Texas heard a sonic boom and felt the explosions of this meteorite over their town.
Video of the Ash Creek meteorite as it fell to Earth
December 20, 2008 - Morocco - "Tamdakht" Now Official
Meteorite Name: Tamdakht
Classification: H5 Chondrite
Location: Tamdakht (Ouarzazate) Morocco
TKW: 100 kg
On December 20, 2008, witnesses from a number of locations in Morocco (Agadir, Marrakesh, Ouarzazate) observed a meteor with a W to E trajectory. According to the local newspaper, Al Massae (of December 27th), people from the high Atlas Mountains (between Marrakesh and Ouazazate) heard a sound and felt an aftershock.
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November 20, 2008 - Canada "Buzzard Coulee" Now Official
Meteorite Name: Buzzard Coulee
Classification: H4 Chondrite
Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
TKW: 200 kg
A large fireball (that was witnessed by many and caught on film) fell on November 20, 2008 at 5:26 MST in Canada.
Early reports and testing shows this to be a H4/5 chondrite with a TKW of well over 25 kg.
Dr. Alan Hildebrand of University of Calgary was the leader of the recovery team.
The first meteorites were located by Ellen Milley, a PhD candidate at the University of Calgary, in a frozen fish pond near the agricultural community of Lone Rock, Saskatchewan on November 27.
The largest meteorite fragment to be recovered in the first days of searching was 13 kg and created an indentation 5-10 cm deep before bouncing out and resting on the frozen ground a few cm away.
Here is a nice picture of the meteorite showing its interior (personal collection piece)
Videos of the Buzzard Coulee meteorite as it fell:
