JOHNSTOWN - METEORITE of the MONTH
At 4:20 in the afternoon of July 6, 1924, people were gathering for a funeral service in front of a church near the town of Elwell, two miles west of Johnstown, Colorado. Out of nowhere, a sudden sound, likened to that of an airplane engine, filled the quiet day and interrupted the service. A trail of smoke was emblazoned across the blue sky followed by a series of loud explosions. At ground level, "thuds" and "thumps" were heard and a black stone, falling from the sky, stuck near the doors of the church where the service was being held. Thirty minutes after the service, the church undertaker removed a 15-pound stone from the soil at a depth of 20 inches.
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