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#318411 February 14, 1977 Dr. Colin Pearson Curator of Meteorites Western Australia Museum Francis Street Perth, Western Australia 6000 Dear Colin, I am sorry to be a day later than expected in getting these exchange specimens off to you. Later the same day I last wrote to you, we found out that there had been a meteorite fall on January 31. A fireball accompanied by intense detonations occurred over Louisville (population 400,000), Kentucky, at 3:30 in the afternoon. Residents were startled, and at least one chimney was shaken, but no one became concerned enough to try and figure out what had happened. The next day a roofer extracted a 1 kg rock out of the roof of a house and insisted that it could only be a meteorite. Since then three more specimens have been recovered, and a search for additional specimens is underway. All four of the specimens damaged structures and were found within the city. There must be more out there to be found. Getting back to the matter at hand, a group of exchange specimens for your consideration is being sent to you by air freight. They are as follows: Allende, Mexico USNM-4657 2310g Allende, Mexico USNM-5688 311g Murray, Kentucky USNM-1769 43g Paragould, Arkansas USNM-2286 423g Cumberland Falls, Kentucky USNM- 604 127g Abee, Canada USNM-2096 88g Esterville, Iowa USNM-1025 111g Esterville, Iowa USNM-1025 28g The large Allende specimen is a fine exhibit piece. It was found 2 km south of Valle de Allende and was collected by Jack R. Hyde on our field trip of May-June 1969. It was undoubtedly recovered very soon