Meteorite fall near a town in Utah
Published October 12, 2026 at 6:16 AM
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Millennial Star Research
On September 1, 1896, a meteorite fell from a clear sky north of a town in Utah, causing a loud report and concussion that felt like a great explosion and caused buildings to tremble.
In Their Own Words
“On September 1, 1896, the residents of a town in Utah were startled by a loud report and concussion as of a great explosion. Several people felt buildings tremble and all wondered what was the matter. An investigation showed that all this was caused by a meteorite which had fallen from a clear sky striking the earth north of town. No one happened to be near where it fell. — Millennial Star 58:40”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 1 October 1896 (Vol. 58, No. 40). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1896-10-01_58_40 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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