By Drew Lawson
The Times
The hunt for fallen space junk is on
SpaceX debris likely scattered through county
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Last updated 4/29/2021 at 2:10pm
Courtesy Robert Ward
Meteorite hunter Robert Ward, of Prescott, Arizona, found this 200-pound tank from a fallen SpaceX rocket earlier this month. He's traveled to Lincoln County twice in search of five to six pieces that experts believe crashed somewhere between Odessa and Reardan.
DAVENPORT – "BOOM!" What sounded like a bomb going off to Sami Guhlke hit the sky's soundwaves as the Reardan resident walked with her dog to pick up eggs from her family farm's chicken coop three miles south of town after the sun set March 25.
45 seconds later... "BOOM!" A second clap...then 45 seconds after that, a third... "BOOM!"
"At first I thought something went wrong at Fairchild (Air Force Base)," Guhlke said.
As it turned out, Guhlke wasn't the only person, locally or regionally, to hear the boom. In fact, many people captured its origin on camera across the state. Some surmised...
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