A Chicago Meteorite Fall . ... Credit Copyright: Ivan and Colby Navarro Explanation: If you wait long enough, a piece of outer space itself will come right to you. As Colby Navarro worked innocently on the computer , a rock from space crashed through the roof, struck the printer, banged off the wall, and came to rest near the filing cabinet. ... The meteorite , measuring about 10 cm across, was one of several that fell near Chicago that day as part of a tremendous fireball . ...