[meteorite-list] NPA 11-27-1943 Leedey Meteorite Trembles Western Oklahoma

[MARK BOSTICK]

Paper: Valley Morning Star
City: Harlingen, Texas
Date: Saturday, November 27, 1943
Page: 2 (of 8)

Meteor Path Being Sought

     CLINTON, Okla. - (U.P.) - Residents of Western Oklahoma were still 
talking Friday night of a huge meteor which they reported traced a colorful 
path in the sky Thursday night and made the ground tremble over a wide area 
when it hit the earth with a tremendous explosion.
Spot Not Located
     Exact spot where the meteor hit was not yet determined but it was 
believed to be on a 600-acre farm near Leedley. Charles Spencer, news editor 
of the Clinton Daily News, said the explosion "shook the teeth of everybody 
in town."
    A detachment of the highway patrol spent most of the day searching for 
the meteor without any success. However, reports from Leedley indicated that 
the shock of the concussion was greater there than at Elk City, Clinton or 
Hammon.
    The flashing meteor was witnessed as far east in Oklahoma as Asher, near 
Ada, and as far south as Pauls Valley and Lawton.
Scouts Saw Streak
     Boy Scouts encamped at Clinton reported seeing a "streak of fire" 
blazing earthward to the southwest shortly after 7 p.m., according to 
Spencer.
    (Carl Easterwood, oil field worker employed on a drilling rig near 
Asher, told the highway patrol in Oklahoma City that he had seen the same 
"streak of fire."
    ("It left a long tail of sparks that were red, then turned green and 
white before disappearing," he said.)

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This article refers to the Leedy meteorite fall.  Misspelled, Leedly by the 
writer.

Clear Skies,
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