[citation needed] Initially, observers thought it was an airplane crashing.

A smaller piece was found by George W. Hyde in Finch, Arkansas.

[citation needed] It was purchased by Harvey H. Nininger, who in 1930 sold it to Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History.

It was on display in Mullins Library, at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville till April 11, 2008, when it was moved to the Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences building.

Two other pieces were found, one weighing 33 kilograms (73 lb) (presently stored in Washington, D.C.) and another 3.75 kilograms (8.3 lb) piece presently resides in New York.