Weston, CT Was the Birthplace of American Meteoritics #westonct #meteor #history On December 14, 1807, a meteor exploded over Weston, Connecticut—raining fragments across frozen fields and shaking the early American imagination. In an age when moon volcanoes and divine forces were blamed for falling rocks, Yale professor Benjamin Silliman stepped in. His investigation marked the first scientific study of a meteorite in the U.S., making Weston the birthplace of American meteoritics—and a turning