This fall was temporarily known as Mali, then as Erg Chech, before formal classification was completed. The ~ 14 kg specimen below is the largest intact mass recovered from this fall. Eyewitnesses reported a single bolide exploding over the city of Adrar in Algeria and descending in numerous glowing fragments towards Mali territory. The following day Mali soldiers commited a search for the remains of what was thought to be a missile launched from Algeria but returned without success. 15 days later Sommane Oueld El Mokhtar a nomad taking care of his camels in the Erg Chech claimed to have found rocks that recently rained from the sky. Finds have now been reported from both sides of the Algerian Mali border. The strewn field is reported to extend over more than 30 miles. (Courtesy Dr. Svend Buhl)