A $20,000 reward is being offered to anyone who recovers a 1 kilogram chunk of the meteor seen Tuesday.
The meteor was captured on police video streaking across the sky early Tuesday. The fireball reportedly was visible across New England and into New York state, although primarily in Maine. Experts say that evidence suggests the meteorite fell to Earth about 18 miles west of Rangeley in Franklin County.
“This meteorite would definitely be a stone meteorite and likely to be black or brown in color with a fusion crust, kind of smooth and more dense than you might think a rock of that size when you pick it up. It will feel a little heavier, likely,” says Barbra Barrett, director of the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum in Bethel, which is offering the reward.
Barrett says the object might be about the size of a softball. She says the idea of being the first person to find something that came from our solar system is pretty enticing.
