Find #9 · meteorite
A meteorite seen falling in Wisconsin in 1865 went unnoticed until 1876
In Vernon Couniy, State of Wisconsin, about lat. 48° 30’, 1865, a body was seen by several — passing rapidly
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What the AI says
J. Lawrence Smith reports that a luminous body crossed the sky over Vernon County, Wisconsin, on 25 March 1865, exploding with a loud noise and sounds like musketry. Two fragments totalling about 1,500 grams were reportedly found five days later, and Smith says the fall drew no notice outside the neighborhood because the region was sparsely settled. He found the stone similar to the Meno meteorite of 1861; the quoted latitude seems garbled by OCR, and the paper's account rests on a single local observer.
- How forgotten?
- little-known · I have no firm knowledge of this specific fall; it may be catalogued under a different name in meteorite databases, so a check is needed.
- Web check
- Documented today · J. Lawrence Smith's American Journal of Science article (digitized at ajsonline.org) describes the Wisconsin meteorite that fell on 25 March 1865. It says the fall went unnoticed outside the local area, and that the stone resembled the Meno meteorite. This is a digitized period source, not a modern catalogue entry. (10 sources seen)
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- Significance
- 6 / 10
- Cost to find
- $0.07 (reading the page $0.0003, checking $0.07)
Source
The American Journal of Science and Arts 1876-09: Vol 12 Iss 69 (12), 1876-09