Appleby
Bridge Meteorite
It was 1914;
World War 1 was in its first year when an event occurred at Appleby Bridge near
Wigan in Lancashire, England, a visitor from outer space, a meteor crashed to the ground.
It was the
evening of Tuesday 13th October 1914 around 8.45 pm when local
residents heard a thunderous detonation and saw a sudden and spectacular
brightening of the night sky.
Many may
have thought it was some kind of secret enemy weapon coming towards them from a
Zeppelin airship. It was nothing whatsoever to do with the enemy but a
meteorite.
On the
following day an unusual stone was found embedded into the ground at Halliwell
Farm. It was a Chondrite meteorite. It weighed 33 pounds (15 Kg) and was
covered in a burnt powder with an interior of light grey spots of gold and
metal.
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