Are These Rocks from the Midwest Meteor?

Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison got two hours Friday to look at this rock, brought to them by a farmer who said his house was hit by the meteorite during Wednesday night's fall.

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Are These Rocks from the Midwest Meteor?

Two Lake Forest boys and a man from Southwestern Wisconsin believe they've recovered fragments from a meteor that lit up Midwestern skies earlier this week.

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