
Pieces of meteor may have landed in Highlands, say experts
The small meteor lit up the night sky on Thursday and may have landed as meteorites across a vast area.
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Highlands is an incorporated town in Macon County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located on a plateau in the southern Appalachian Mountains, within the Nantahala National Forest, it lies mostly in southeastern Macon County and slightly in southwestern Jackson County, in the Highlands and Cashiers Townships, respectively. The permanent population was 1,014 at the 2020 census.
The small meteor lit up the night sky on Thursday and may have landed as meteorites across a vast area.