[meteorite-list] Hopper Is Not The First Dog To Find A Meteorite

[Phil Whitmer]

You guessed it, it was Lassie!  From season 6, episode 13,  "The Man From 
Mars", first shown 11\29\59:  Lassie and  little Timmy are stargazing one 
night when they see a large fireball streaking acros the sky.  The next 
morning Lassie finds a rimmed impact crater.  It looks pretty authentic, 
like the one in Carancas. Mr. Martin thinks it was caused by dynamite,  but 
a scientist tracking it informs them it was caused by a "meteor"  and it's 
still buried in the crater. Mr. Martin then has a sit down with Timmy and 
talks about the wonders of living in the Space Age and how America will soon 
have  a satellite in earth orbit.  Mrs. Martin must have been listening, 
because she apparently takes astronaut training and ends up in outer space 
as the mom on  Lost in Space.

Sorry Hopper, Lassie beat you to it!

Phil Whitmer