[meteorite-list] Kewanee MAn Near Miss by a Meteorite(wrong)

From: E. L. Jones <jonee_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Sep 29 16:10:15 2004
Message-ID: <415B15C7.7000902_at_epix.net>

<http://www.starcourier.com/articles/2004/09/29/city/city3.txt>
OOooohhhh... this one has worm holes and flakes of gold.

    *Meteorite just misses Kewanee man*

    /By Star Courier staff/

    KEWANEE -- Pat Lee was working outside the Tool Time Rental building
    on South Main Street Saturday when he heard a bang.

    A rock had struck the south side of the building, about five feet
    from where Lee had been working.

    The rock, according to Tool Time owner Pete Cali, was a meteorite.

    When it fell to earth, the rock struck the side of the building at
    an angle, and didn't cause any visible damage to the exterior.

    Had the meteorite struck a couple of feet farther north, it probably
    would have punched through the roof of Cali's building, he said.

    The rock was about four inches across. When it hit the building it
    shattered into several pieces.

    It doesn't look like your garden-variety rock. There are small holes
    in it, which look like wormholes and may have been caused by the
    intense heat caused by friction as the rock fell through the earth's
    atmosphere.

    There are also tiny metallic flakes in the rock, which Cali said are
    gold.

    For that reason, and because some people collect such things, the
    meteorite may have some value. Cali said he read of a metorite found
    in Texas fetching $1,100.
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