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Did Meteorite Strike Central Florida?

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Speculation about a July Fourth meteorite strike in Seminole County
has many area residents searching their yards for answers.


From Oviedo, to Maitland, to Casselberry, witnesses claim to have
heard a large boom and saw bright flashes of light across the
evening holiday skies, WESH NewsChannel 2 reported.


It's creating a meteorite buzz on local radio stations, WESH
NewsChannel 2 reported.


"I saw this crazy light, and it was really bright," said Casselberry
resident Diana Felise. "The entire house was rattling. We thought
the pictures were going to fall off the wall."


If a meteor did strike the area, it is believed to have hit
somewhere around Red Bug Road and state Road 434, but Casselberry
police officials said they're convinced it was nothing more than a
big bolt of lightning since there was a severe storm in the area
that night.


"Lightning, thunderstorms, welcome to Florida," said Lt. Dennis
Stewart of the Casselberry Police Department.


Many residents, however, still believe it was a meteorite. Rick Wega
shot video of the bright lights and remains convinced it was not a
storm-induced effect.


"The way it shook the ground isn't like no other lightning," said
Wega, "Ive been around a lot of lightning."


Experts, on the other hand, said that until someone finds a piece of
a meteorite in the area, it will remain an unsolved mystery.


A meteorite is a small particle of matter that falls to Earth, and
the last one to reportedly strike the area hit in Lake County in
1918. Because of such rarity, meteorites are very valuable, and in
some cases, one gram of a meteorite can be valued at $10,000.