A fireball captured on cameras in the early hours of Thursday 14th April may have dropped a meteorite near Shrewsbury.
Over the Easter bank holiday weekend scientists from the UK Fireball Alliance (UKFall) led a the search of the area to recover try to recover meteorites, and several members of our team have join the hunt.
We’re now asking local residents for their help. If you live south of Shrewsbury, in the area marked in the map below, have a look for any strange/unusual black rocks, about the size of an Easter egg in your garden, and if you find anything get in touch with UKFall via the dedicated emal address: shropshire@ukfall.org.uk
If you do find a meteorite, please try not to touch it with your hands. It isn’t dangerous to you, but we want to avoid contaminating it. Take a photo, record the location, then pick it up in a clean sandwich bag or foil.
In the video below UKFall Secretary Charlotte Bays explains what we spent the weekend doing, and why finding a meteorite would be scientifically important.
The next couple of videos from Katie Joy are 360 degree videos of members of the team searching sheep fields. They found lots of sheep poo, but no meteorites! Remember to drag the image around so you see the search team lined up to search the fields.
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