An organization in Maine has posted a US$25,000 reward for anyone who can capture and deliver an extraterrestrial that recently fell to Earth. The fugitive has been described as heavy, metallic, possibly magnetic and weighing at least a kilogram.
On April 8, a fireball was seen streaking through the sky during daylight hours over Washington County in Maine. NASA tracked the object and predicted that fragments of the meteorite had landed near the U.S.-Canadian border, likely in a forested region near the towns of Waite, Me., and Canoose, N.B.
The Maine Mineral and Gem Museum then put out a Facebook post, advertising a US$25,000 reward for “the first 1 kilogram specimen found from the event.” The museum is able to test specimens for identification, though it notes there is a cost for this. “Reward is open to our Canadian neighbors as well,” it adds.
The space rock could easily be worth its weight in gold, which is currently selling for about US$6,500. But the rough terrain could hamper the search.
