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Dad and teen sons find meteor fragments (WMAQ-TV, Chicago)

Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison got two hours Friday to look at another rock brought to them by another farmer who said his house was hit by the meteorite during Wednesday nightâ??s fall. Geology professor John Valley said the Wisconsin fragment is about the size of an unshelled peanut. He said it seems to be legitimate because itâ??s covered with the distinctive blackened crust created when a meteor superheats in the Earthâ??s atmosphere.