The space rock — rocks, actually, since it appears to have broken up — fell near the border with Canada just before noon on Saturday.
The hunt is on for a little piece of heaven that made history in Maine over the weekend — for the first time, a falling meteorite was spotted by radar in the state,The space rock — rocks, actually, since it appears to have broken up — fell near the border with Canada just before noon on Saturday, bringing along, according to witnesses, a fireball visible in the middle of the day and audible sonic booms.
Radar observed pieces of meteorite as large as 322 grams, or, 11 oz., according to NASA, though larger rocks could have fallen as well. They are believed to have landed along a wooded stretch of land north of Calais that crosses the U.S.-Canada border, spanning from the town of Waite, Maine, to Canoose, New Brunswick.
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