were also still uncovering material on their properties. On February 13, a man plowing his field in Littlefield, Texas, north of Lubbock, found a small piece of tile. The “Littlefield Tile” turned out to be the westernmost piece of Columbia recovered—nearly three hundred miles farther west than any other item of debris—despite searches in every state between Texas and the Pacific Ocean. Columbia shed this piece of tile from its left wing about one minute before the vehicle completely disintegrated.
