First Grader Finds Pieces of Meteor on Playground

Chicago - Terry Boudreaux found the first pieces of the meteor that lit up the Midwestern sky last week, an event that had meteor hunters scouring Wisconsin.

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ADDITIONAL COVERAGE:

VIDEO: Fireball Lights Up Midwestern Sky

STORY: Meteor Hunters Recover Pieces of Fireball

EXPERT: Terry Boudreaux Shows Off Meteor Collection

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As part of a deal with the farmer who helped him find the pieces, he was in Wisconsin with Jim Holstein, a geologist from the Field Museum, giving a presentation in a school on the meteors.

After the presentation, they went out with the kids to look for pieces and Jackson McCluskey, a first grader, walked out of class and found a pretty good piece right on the playground.

The find is significant because though hundreds of hunters have been searching for pieces of the meteor, few have been very successful.