Park Forest, L6

At approximately 11:50 PM local time on March 26, 2003, the Chicago suburb of Park Forest was pelted with rocks from space.  The stones punched through ceilings, shattered on streets, buried themselves in grassy medians, and some smashed the windows of parked cars.  Park Forest was one of humankind’s first “urban impactors.”

Thanks to the video data, much was learned about the meteoroid – some of the details can be found here.

The bolide, recorded by the South Haven, Michigan, Police Department.

Here are some links to photos of some of the damage caused by the fall as well as a fairly comprehensive report describing it.

The fireball was recorded by several sources including police car dashboard cameras and private security cameras.  Many of those videos can still be found online.

This fall received a lot of media attention, appearing nationwide in news reports for a few weeks.

This 228.3 gram flight-marked individual was picked up from a sidewalk the morning after the fall by a postman making his rounds.  You can see where it struck the pavement!

81 gram complete stone, impact mark from parking lot.

The 81 gram stone was found in the driveway outlined at the lower right.