Paper: Valley Independent City: Monessen, Pennsylvania Date: Monday, September 8, 1969 Page: 18
Pitt professor finds meteorite in Argentina
PITTSBURGH (UPI) - The University of Pittsburgh said today Dr. William A. Cassidy, associate professor of geology, discovered an 18-ton meteorite in north-central Argentina during a scientific exploration this summer.
The school said the estimated weight of the find would make it the sixth largest meteorite ever recorded. It is embedded about 15 feet in the ground.
The discovery was made at Campo del Cielo, a meteorite field located in a semiarid plains known as the Gran Chaco, about 600 miles northwest of Buenos Aires.
Cassidy has explored the site every summer since 1963 when he was with Columbia University's Lamont Geological Observatory. His work was funded by the National Science Foundation.
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