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On Tuesday night, December 17th 2013 around 9:15PM EST, my wife and I were driving home from our church small group meeting traveling north on GA highway 74 in Peachtree City. We suddenly noticed a fire ball dropping out of the sky directly in front of us. It was first a yellowish white and then as we were about 100-200 feet from the meteor and at what appeared to be roughly at a height of about 80 feet it swirled while changing to a bluish green then extinguishing before our eyes at what looked like about 15 feet above the ground. By then we were very close to the meteor and were actually concerned that it might impact our vehicle. Assuming the meteor had burned up before our eyes and given the time of the evening we continued driving.
On the following Sunday morning on our way to church and as we were driving south on GA highway 74, my wife and I were recalling the event. As we approached the location of where we saw the meteor extinguish we noticed an odd black rock lying next to the concrete curb of the center medium. As we were running a bit late to church for rehearsal we agreed to stop on the way home and check it out. Well, we did stop, in the pouring rain and sure enough, we think we have the actual meteor. Actually, one large piece around a pound and a smaller piece about 1/5 the weight of the larger. After doing some research online …… It appears to be one of those 1 in a 1000 carbonaceous chondrites or .......... it could be a big piece of asphalt.
Anyway, the whole event may have lasted 3 or 4 seconds but it was certainly a once in a lifetime event for my wife and I.
Oh, I have pictures for anyone who may be interested. We would really like to have it confirmed but have no idea where to take it. If anyone has a contact it would be nice if you could share.
Regards,
Gerry and Star
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