The Town Hit by Meteorites Twice
In 1971, a meteorite crashed through the roof of a house in a Connecticut town. Eleven years later, another one hit a house about three kilometres away.
What was reported
In April 1971, a meteorite fell through the roof of a house in Wethersfield, Connecticut, landing in the living room. No one was hurt. It was a rare event: only a handful of houses are known to have been hit by meteorites.
Then, on 8 November 1982, a second meteorite came through the roof of another house in the same town, about three kilometres from the first, bouncing through the ceiling into the dining room while the owners watched television.
Explanations offered
The two meteorites came from different space rocks and fell by pure chance in the same town. Experts called it an astonishing coincidence. The 1982 meteorite is now in the collection of the Peabody Museum at Yale University.
- When
- 1971 and 1982
- Where
- Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA
- Witnesses
- Two households in the same town
- Status
- Coincidence
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