If you live in the Bird-in-Hand area, especially if you live on a farm, be prepared for a man to knock on your front door. He'll ask if he can check out your property. Maybe after the crops are harvested. He's looking for rocks. Not just any rocks. Meteorites. From outer space. Read more
Today has been crazy. Ive got over 2 dozen emails from scientists, meteorite hunters and astronomers. The feedback I have gotten on my picture has been amazing and everyone really seems to love it. I think I may be the first person in the world to photograph a meteor thru a telescope - its basically almost impossible to do. especially a meteor like this. If anyone knows if this has ever been done before please let me know. I have had several meteorite hunters contact me and I have learned that they are actively looking for a crash site and have people on the ground now in PA. Read more
Meteorite search focuses on Lancaster County At least one of the teams searching for any remnants of last week's Mason-Dixon meteor has narrowed their focus to a relatively small area of Lancaster County, Pa., roughly between Rte. 272 and the Susquehanna River.
Just days after residents of northern Maryland and southern Pennsylvania reported seeing a meteor, new evidence suggests the onlookers reports may be true. Surveillance video from a Pennsylvania business shows what appears to be a meteor.
Treasure hunters are searching Maryland and Pennsylvania for something they say might fetch a higher price than gold -- pieces of a meteorite. The Mason-Dixon meteorite was sighted Monday night, The Baltimore Sun reported.
Steve Arnold, a renowned meteorite hunter, came to York County on Wednesday in search of the meteorite that is believed to have flashed across the sky early Monday. On Thursday, Arnold visited novice astrophotographer Mike Hankey of Freeland, Md., to view photos he captured of the fireball.
"Meteorite Man" Steve Arnold is still looking for those key eyewitness reports that could point him toward any remnants of the July 6 Mason-Dixon Meteor that may have survived the fall to Earth. Arnold has read through more than 100 comments from Weather Blog readers who saw or heard the meteor, and he's singled out more than 30 that were detailed enough to suggest that just a little more information might help point him to the impact zone.
Meteorite hunter Mike Antonelli didn't think the lights a Fayette County man saw would lead him to chase the ninth meteorite suspected of landing in Pennsylvania.
"He saw a light with a long tail - gold on the nose and green on the tail. He saw the lights in the east and said it had a north to south trajectory" - Mike Antonelli.
The big fireball meteor that startled residents in Central Maryland and southern Pennsylvania early Monday morning was captured on a security camera video in York Pa. It's about 18 seconds into the 70-second video. Meteorite hunters hope this will be a first clue to guide them to the spot where surviving bits of the meteor - if there are any - may have landed.