I have noticed 3 things about such rocks: I also include some newspaper and other media articles about suspected meteorites that turned out to be meteorwrongs. I do not know how these various rocks and metal pieces came to be where they were found, but I am rather certain that most did not come from outer space. (See accounts for Benld, Bloomington, and Park Forest, for example.) None of the rocks associated with the stories below that I have had the chance to examine myself have been meteorites, however. Some of them describe real meteors and some of the rocks may be real meteorites. I am fascinated by the numerous stories that I have been sent about rocks someone found that “weren’t there yesterday.” (Sorry, this is a long page because I have received LOTS of these stories.) Common alternative stories are “We heard a thud on the roof at night and found this rock the next morning” and “I saw a fireball and found this stone where I saw it land.” All the quotations below were sent to me by real people. Back to “Some Meteorite Realities” Most rocks that fall from the sky are not meteorites
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