Meteorite Pieces Located in West, TX

Remnants of Sunday's fireball the sky showed up in the small Texas town of West, just north of Waco.

Scientists collected a few samples of what they believe to be from the meteor that was seen over Austin on Sunday.

In West, residents saw it as well, but they report hearing a loud boom, too.

"It was like a roar, like a train derailed or something," Charlie Ferguson said.

"I ran in to turn on my scanner," Dudley Allen said, "People were calling in, some lady said it looked like a plane with no wings going down. Someone reported a small grassfire they say started from the debris."

The chitter-chatter in the small town turned the heads of astronomers and meteorite-hunters. Many traveled to West to comb for evidence. Two astronomers from the University of North Texas found some.

"As scientists, we're excited to get one of these samples, we'll examine it, and see what are the materials that may be our origins," Ron DiLulio, astonomist, said.

They believe hundreds of pieces are in the area, and will continue to search for more debris. Astronomers say there are so many little pices because the meteor broke up while falling to the earth. And that breakup process created what people in Austin and in North Texas saw as a fireball in the sky.