Article: An alien surprise.(15-year-old Brodie Spaulding sees meteorite landing)

Brodie Spaulding was in his front yard when he heard a strange noise. "It was a high whistling sound, followed by a thud," the 15-year-old said.

Brodie saw a black rock about the size of a softball not far off in the grass. When he picked it up, it was warm. Was this just a piece of airplane junk, he wondered, or something else?

Brodie called Purdue University, which is near his home in Indiana. A few days later, a scientist from Purdue came ...

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