A meteorite fell on a pillow just centimeters away from a woman sleeping

(Ruth Hamilton)

In Canada, a meteorite fell on a pillow to a local resident, breaking through the roof of her house.

The mass of the stone is 1.2 kilograms, it may be a representative of the class of ordinary chondrites and is currently being investigated by scientists.

In the history of mankind, there have been several cases when meteorites hit people, which led to injury or even death.

The earliest reliable mention of such an event dates back to 1888 and occurred in the Ottoman Empire, and the latest were associated with the Silakog and Mbale meteorites.

On the night of October 4, 2021, a Canadian woman named Ruth Hamilton was awakened by a rumble and found a hole in the ceiling.

She immediately woke up to see a large stone and several small ones next to her pillow, just a few centimeters from her head.

She called the rescue service of Golden, which established that the stone could not be the result of any man-made processes and has a heavenly origin.

Later, a number of messages appeared from observers who saw a fireball that night, and soon another meteorite was found 1.32 kilometers north of the Hamilton house.

The mass of the coal-black stone that got to the woman is estimated at 1270 grams, previously it is classified as ordinary chondrite.

Currently, the meteorite is given to researchers at Western University in London, who will later return it to Hamilton.

Source:

• Victoria News: https://www.vicnews.com/news/b-c-woman-awakes-to-a-hole-in-her-roof-and-a-space-rock-on-her-pillow

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