Crowds Flock to Ohio in Search of Meteorite Fragments After Fireball

Crowds flock to Ohio in search of meteorite fragments after fireball

Crowds searching for possible meteorite fragments in Ohio are boosting local businesses while raising concerns about trespassing on private property.

Meteorite hunters call Northeast Ohio's meteor historic

Meteorite hunters have rushed to Northeast Ohio, including Roberto Vargas, who traveled from Connecticut to find fragments of a meteor that hit Medina County on March 17th.On my first day I was looking from sunup to sundown, and I almost called it a day but decided to look in one more cul-de-sac. As I was walking around the cul de sac I looked to the ground and there was a little fragment. I found a 12.2-gram fragment, the crust was gleaming in …

Inside the tedious search for meteorites in northern Ohio

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Meteorite hunters are like storm chasers, only they aren’t looking skyward for potential funnel clouds -- they’re scouring the patch of Earth in front of them for tiny fragments of extraterrestrial rock.