An astronomer from the Manitoba Museum has discounted the claim of a woman who said she found pieces of a meteorite on her property near Riding Mountain National Park. Nicole Nixon said she experienced a bright light and loud noise Tuesday morning, then found two rocks she believed to be meteorites the following day. Scott Young, astronomer at the Manitoba Museum and Planetarium, said Nixon "contacted us at the museum several times before, including last week, before Tuesday's alleged sighting. Read more
A woman living near Riding Mountain believes she found pieces of a meteor close to her home. On Wednesday, she found two fragments with surfaces like "old elephant skin" -one the size of a football and the other larger, weighing in at approximately 25 kg. Read more (Subscription)