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A southwestern Wisconsin man has apparently
recovered a fragment from the meteor that lit up Midwestern skies
earlier this week.


      Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison say the man
who doesn't want to be identified lent them the rock for two hours
Friday morning. The find was first reported by television station
WKOW in Madison.


      Geology professor John Valley says the fragment is about the
size of an unshelled peanut. He says it seems to be legitimate
because it's covered with the distinctive blackened crust created
when a meteor superheats in the Earth's atmosphere.


      Scientists did some superficial analyses Friday but won't be
able to do chemical tests unless they can get access to that
fragment or others that may be found.


      Valley says the man found the fragment after it hit the roof of
his home west of Dodgeville Wednesday night.

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