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RE: Wisconsin Fireball

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Livingston Village President Tom Brown found a small piece of a meteorite earlier this week, according to a local businessman.

"I offered him a buck for it," said Tim Loeffelholz, of The Friendly Place, a convenience store and popular hangout. Brown turned him down.

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The meteor that lit up the sky in southwestern Wisconsin on April 14 has spawned its share of wacko science stories: everything from aliens to zombies.
But about an hour away from where it landed, the science behind the meteorite is no less wild.
In Weeks Hall on the UW-Madison campus, in-depth studies of the meteorite got under way Thursday. The science that will unfold over the next six months is expected to be out-of-this world: Researchers could end up finding out details on the material from which our solar system was birthed, or how to blow apart a threatening asteroid.
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Nearly two weeks after a meteorite was spotted over southwestern Wisconsin, the search for potentially valuable fragments continues. But concern is growing over possible scams associated with pieces of the meteor.
Some meteorite fragments can be worth quite a bit of money, but some are concerned about out-of-towners who are looking to make a quick buck scamming inexperienced meteorite hunters.
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Meteorite Hunters Could Be Targets For Scammers

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Livingston catches hold of meteorite fever

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It is an epidemic gripping one Wisconsin town -- meteorite fever.
Ever since a fireball was seen barrelling through the sky, people in the area have been searching for fragments of the meteorite. And everyone is on the hunt.
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Livingston Meteorite

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RE: Wisconsin Fireball

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First Grader Finds Pieces of Meteor on Playground

Jackson Mcluskey, a first grader, walked out of class and found a pretty good piece right on the playground.
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According to police, what Mikulecky saw was a meteor, and he was by no means the only one to see it. Platteville Police reported that the meteor streaked over the city at approximately 9:59 p.m. on April 14, lighting up the skies and causing sonic booms that could be heard and felt for miles. Soon after, a large number of calls began to pour into the office.
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