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Harvard experts debunk meteorite discovery in Exeter

Officials at the Harvard Mineralogical Museum recently told Exeter resident Aidan Ulery that the meteorites he thought he found on Feb. 29 are actually slag, a by-product of metal smelting that can sometimes appear in concrete.
Harvard officials made the determination after reviewing photographs of the black rocks that Ulery sent them.
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An Exeter man who believes he recovered rocks from a meteorite last week still doesn't know what he found after geology professors at the University of New Hampshire were unable to determine their origin.
Experts at Harvard University's Mineralogical Museum now plan to analyse the samples.
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Meteor lights up N.H. sky

If you spotted a fireball in the sky Tuesday night, you're not alone.
Concord's McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Centre said a meteor apparently passed over northern New England about 10:15 p.m.
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Meteorite discovery reported in Exeter

A piece of a meteoric fireball that was seen across the region may have landed on one of the town's streets.
The fireball, caused when debris burns up in the atmosphere, was spotted by numerous people in New England and Canada on Tuesday night, including Aidan Ulery, 32, of Exeter.
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