In a rare astronomical incident, a woman was hit by a meteorite in France as she was engrossed in her coffee with a friend.
The extremely unusual incident was observed in the eastern French village of Alsace. The incident occurred on July 6 while the woman was speaking with a friend outside on a patio, according to a report in the French newspaper Les Dernières Nouvelles d’Alsace (DNA). The woman claimed that after that she heard a tremendous boom.
“I heard a big ‘Poom’ coming from the roof next to us. In the second that followed, I felt a shock on the ribs. I thought it was an animal, a bat!” said the woman, while speaking to the news outlet. “We thought it was a piece of cement, the one we apply to the ridge tiles. But it didn’t have the colour,” she added.
She claimed that the tiny space rock hit her in the chest after hitting the ceiling and bouncing off it. The unnamed woman then brought the rock to geologist Dr. Thierry Rebmann, who investigated it and determined that it was created by extraterrestrials.
The geologist claimed that the meteorite contained a combination of silicon and iron, which is not unusual in and of itself. However, witnessing a meteor strike only one person is incredibly rare.
“Finding a meteor is already uncommon, but to be in direct contact and have it fall on you, that is astronomically rare,” Dr Rebmann stated.
He said that regions with moderate climates, like France, are even more unlikely to find meteors. In actuality, just five meteorite landings in France have been reported by authorities in the twenty-first century.
“It’s very rare, in our temperate environments to find them. They merge with other elements. On the other hand, in a desert environment, we can find them more easily,” stated Dr Rebmann, who further recommended that scientists should study the rock to determine its origins.
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