Final Saturday, residents in Calais, Maine, reported seeing a shiny meteorite within the sky for over 4 minutes, adopted by a loud sonic growth.

NASA confirmed the sighting, calling it the first-ever radar-observed meteor fall within the space.

Now an area museum is providing a reward for locating the meteorite someplace within the woods between Maine and the Canadian border.

Darryl Pitt, head of the meteorite division on the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, informed CNN the reward was for a meteorite piece discovered that weighs 2.2 kilos (1 kilogram) or extra. However he conceded that the museum can be prepared to pay for nearly any a part of the meteorite.

Pitt warned meteorite hunters to watch out of their seek for treasure.

“Discovering meteorites in woods of Maine. It isn’t the only of the environments,” he stated. “It is a sparsely populated space however not as sparsely populated as the place most meteorites fall — the ocean,” he added.

Why the bounty?

The Maine Mineral & Gem Museum in Bethel, Maine, is aware of their meteorites. In accordance with its web site, the museum “reveals the biggest show of Lunar and Martian meteorites on Earth.” Not dangerous for a tiny city of two,600 folks.

What makes the area rock so useful as to warrant a reward?

Of the estimated 500 meteorites that attain the Earth’s floor annually, lower than ten are recovered, based on the Planetary Science Establishment. It is because most fall into the ocean, land in distant areas, or are usually not seen to fall (throughout the evening).

What’s uncommon is valuable.

“Meteorites that fall to Earth symbolize a number of the unique, numerous supplies that fashioned planets billions of years in the past,” based on NASA. “By finding out meteorites, we will find out about early circumstances and processes within the photo voltaic system’s historical past.”

Meteorite fragments could be tough little buggers to search out. They resemble Earth rocks however often have a burned exterior that may seem shiny.