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I have heard meteorites on several occasions one time it caused static on the radio as it broke up overhead with bright green and blue colours, the sound was similar to a sparkler burning, the most memorable sound was one that impacted on the roof of my former place of work.
It was 14th June 2007 at 11:30am; I was working at Lake Haven Recreation centre preparing the Indoor Climbing Wall for a group of students for school sport when a very large bang occurred on the roof ventilation louvers.
I thought it was school children throwing a large rock onto the roof, when I tried to open the lovers they were stuck fast, later that afternoon with much more force I tried to open the louvers again.
As the louvers opened I noticed that a rock seemed to be stuck on the louvers and the stainless steel louvers seemed to have a dent and a small burn mark on them. When I removed the rock I realized it was in fact a Stony/Iron Meteorite (see below).
Just imagine if the Louvers were open at the time of impact, it gives new meaning to the saying “he has rocks in his head”.
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