ENORMOUS METEORITE STRIKES BLACKSTONE, VIRGINIA
Norfolk, Virginia (JFK+50) According to a special dispatch to the New York Tribune dated May 12, 1922, "an enormous meteorite...struck with terrific force last night in a pine forest on the outskirts of Blackstone*, Virginia."
The bolide**, believed to be the largest ever to hit the earth, left a 500 square foot hole and it is estimated to weigh 25 tons.
The falling meteorite was visible in Norfolk, one hundred miles away.
*Blackstone, named in honor of English jurist William Blackstone, is located in south central Virginia's Nottoway County.
**Bolide is a large meteor which explodes in the atmosphere or any large crater-forming body.
SOURCE
"25-Ton Meteorite Hits Virginia, Rocks Town, Digs 500-Foot Hole," The New York Tribune, May 13, 1922, www.chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
