ROTFLMAO!
A geologist could easily tell if a rock was a meteorite, or just a rock, or refer the owner to someone who could.
The average geologist has probably handled as many meteorites as the average American veternarian has treated coatimundi. (The same goes for astronomers.) You really need to go with a professional meteoriticist or an experienced collector.
I live in downtown Mount Clemens, and was hoping I’d see a fresh impact in the snow from my window. No luck. I shall remain a thousandaire.
Meteors make me think of Creepshow every time.
I’m not finding a trace of anything from the timeframe and location on doppler radar. That doesn’t leave me confident that there is much of anything on the ground to find.
On the July day when I first saw corn smut in my backyard garden, I got cold chills. I thought, “A lot of monster movies start like this!”
I’m scared to even google “corn smut”
That’s not the first time, either. Pops lived in Detroit when he was a kid. One night, when he was already tucked in bed, a bright flash lit up the room. His parents and older sister were out on the porch at the time and saw the meteor go by. IIRC, it crashed across the river, about 30 miles into Ontario, though I don’t know if anyone ever found any of it. This was in the late 30’s or early 40’s and Pops was young enough to spend the rest of the night worried about a meteor hitting their home.
You have a very rare thing here–an ancestor’s childhood story of an observed meteor that crashed over the horizon from them that actually checks out!
(BTW, if you want a piece of your father’s meteorite, here’s a 2.94g piece for $347.)
Doesn’t matter how often or infrequent the stories, I always think meteors are cool. 
It looks nasty, but not in a way one might think. It’s perfectly SFW.
I have heard that it’s a delicacy in some Central American regions.
The local news is reporting that a guy walked into a pawn shop with what he claimed was a piece of the meteor. Turns out it was a hunk of concrete.
mmm
There are three types of people who try to sell meteorwrongs–conmen, the honestly mistaken, and the fucking insane. The difference between the honestly mistaken and the fucking insane is that the honestly mistaken will be disappointed when they are told the truth while the fucking insane will decide that there is a vast conspiracy among scientists to deny them the vast wealth that they are owed for their meteorite treasure. (Yes, meteorite scientists get insane obsessed stalkers, too.)
A few months back a couple claimed to have found meteorites in their yard in Hilton Head, SC. There was no meteor reported by anyone, and while the (not very good) photos of the rocks did resemble weathered meteorites, they looked nothing like fresh ones. That couple most likely bought some cheap African desert meteorites on Ebay and hoped to sell them for a profit. Expect the same thing to happen with people claiming to have pieces of this one.
It’s an edible fungus that grows on corn.
Just saw another meteor 15 minutes ago, almost 48 hours to the minute after the big one on Tuesday. Was driving and saw a light hover in the sky, I thought it was a bright star, but then it dropped slightly and then shot off. No flash or bang like the other one, but what’s the deal with the meteors over Michigan this week?
The Pod People are landing.
I don’t see that in the news yet. I heard nothing. Are you sure?
I didnt hear anything either and it wasn’t a flashy thing. Just a very bright & low shooting star. Not especially newsworthy, and I wouldn’t have even mentioned it here if this thread hadn’t already been here. It was sorta surprising for me, however, as I’ve never actually seen one move across the sky like that aside from those regular meteor showers we get every august, and those always seem to be smaller and higher up.
I’m in west Michigan, Holland, FYI.
I believe you Happy.
I was in Mt. Clemens at the time but I didn’t hear anything. I didn’t hear anything about it until after I got home that night.