[meteorite-list] NP Article, 12-1946 McPherson, Nininger's former home, Meteor

From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:18:27 2004
Message-ID: <OE128zOQrl5FRFCxvf500019246_at_hotmail.com>

Paper: Atchison Daily Globe
City: Atchison, Ks
Date: Tuesday, December 10, 1946
Page: 1

Flaming Meteorite In Show Near McPherson
     McPHERSON, Kas., Dec. 10 - (AP) - A flaming meteorite, passing over
McPherson from the south-west to the northeast caused no small amount of
excitement before daylight today.
     The police, fire department and highway patrol were called and a search
started for what at first was thought to have been an airplane in flames. A
long, white trail of smoke still hung in the windless sky over the city a
half hour afterwards.
     At Little River, 20 miles west of here, freight handlers said they
heard a roar and saw the sky light up like day. Looking up, they saw a
meteorite passing overhead.
     Motorists coming into McPherson from the east on US 5 said they saw the
meteorite which continued in a northeastern direction.
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