Meteorites hit Maine, museum offers $25K reward

[Mackaydon]

Somewhere in a remote stretch of forest near Maine’s border with Canada, rocks from space crashed to Earth and may be scattered across the ground — just waiting to be picked up.

If you’re the first person to find a big one, a museum says it’ll pay out a $25,000 reward.

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[ToddsPoint]

It produced a sonic boom coming in. That indicates a meteorite of at least a kilo in size. I’d think a 1 kilo space rock would be worth more than $25K. The museum is trying to make a steal!

 

[mindcrime1988]

If I lived a little bit closer, I wouldn't mind doing a little rocking hunting.

 

[UnderMiner]

Imagine you zoned in on the impact crater and discovered it had obliterated someone's chicken coop and there were feathers and cooked chickens everywhere. And you found the space rock and a lone surviving chicken was sitting on it. But then when you went to remove the rock from under the hen the rock hatched and a mutant half chicken half xenomorph space monster came out. Then the skies filled with black hawk helicopters and government agents surrounded the place and took the monster away without even acknowledging your presence. That would be cool.

 

[DizzyDigger]

Imagine you zoned in on the impact crater and discovered it had obliterated someone's chicken coop and there were feathers and cooked chickens everywhere. And you found the space rock and a lone surviving chicken was sitting on it. But then when you went to remove the rock from under the hen the rock hatched and a mutant half chicken half xenomorph space monster came out. Then the skies filled with black hawk helicopters and government agents surrounded the place and took the monster away without even acknowledging your presence. That would be cool.

I want some of whatever he's smoking.......

 

[bucksport]

This is in the town where I grew up. Population under 100 (66 as of the last census). I have probably played in those woods as a kid.
I should take my machines and start a rental service there for a few weeks lol

 

[Red-Coat]

NASA's ARES lab, using radar signatures, has reported that “Meteorites in this event fell directly into winds of up to 100 mph, carrying smaller meteorites across the border into Canada.” The radar data suggested sizes up to about 0.7 pounds, although larger masses may have fallen.

They have released an updated map of the likely strewnfield, colour-coded by location for possible sizes between 10kg (red) and 1g (yellow):

 

[Tpmetal]

I have a cabin up in vanceboro on the lake, not terribly far from where this happened. I will have to call up to a friend up there and see if they have heard anything

 

[GlowingArtist]

Hilarious side bar about meteors. It was on "news of the weird" on a radio station a long while back .
It went something like, "Man tries to save house from more meteorite hits by building huge steel top over house in Russia. And at 3 large meteors have come through his roof already."

 

[bucksport]

I have a cabin up in vanceboro on the lake, not terribly far from where this happened. I will have to call up to a friend up there and see if they have heard anything

That would be Spendik lake. Vanceboro is where my late grandparents were born. Their house is in Lambert. Small world!