Case file · Cosmic event
Chicora meteor
On the evening of 24 June 1938 a large meteoroid exploded about 19 km above Chicora in Butler County, seen across western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio.
1938 CE · 40.95, -79.74 · status: official
The account
Estimates put its mass at around 450 tonnes, but only a few small fragments of stony meteorite were recovered.