There are scratch marks on the boulder, as if it was lifted by a machine. But it’s unlikely someone plopped the rock in the field with a crane in preparation for another housing development. Read more
A 15-thousand pound mystery rock was found in a Cedar Rapids farm field, Iowa, US. Bob Taylor works for Bladerston Farms of Central City and says he found the rock this spring while doing field work. Taylor says it may be a meteorite. But the rock is clean, not burned and is sitting on the field, not in a crater.
There is a possibility is that it rolled off a truck that was taking it to a nearby housing development. For now, the plan is to farm around it until someone the owner comes to claim it.