OT but related(meteorobs) Any info on the event in Mexico?

[Roberto G.]

From: "drobnock" <drobnock at penn.com>

> Hi
>
> The recent tornado - 4 May 2007 - in Greensburg, Kansas has -- according
> to
> http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tnews/NewsItemDisplay.php?Tip_AttrId==15507
>
> destroyed a small museum housing what was listed as the world's largest
> Pallasite Meteorite, that on display in an alcove in the rear of the
> gift shop.
>
> " The Meteorite was discovered in a farmer's field in the area. The
> Greensburg region had apparently been a target for an ancient meteor
> shower, which deposited heavy iron chunks of space bullets everywhere.
> The Meteorite was the biggest of these projectiles recovered. Dubbed the
> "Space Wanderer" when discovered in 1949, the 1,000 pound Pallasite
> boulder was promptly placed in the Big Well "Museum." There it sits
> today."
>
> Or it was there as of 4 May 2007 when the tornado destroyed the town and
> carried off the meteorite..
>
> What is of interest is this in  Scientific American for 7 July 1860
> (vol. 3, Issue 2)
> reference to The Great Tornado in Far West Described. The tornado was
> described as a meteor with a great arm.
>
> Imagine when the debris of the 4 May 2007 Greensburg Tornado settles,
> there will possible be a new" meteorite" meteorite fined in Kansas.
>
> George John Drobnock

Wow!

Donated from the sky, resumed from the sky!

What was the name of this meteorite?
Best greetings.
Roberto Gorelli