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REPORTS VARYGerman meteorit fragment punches football-sized hole into Koblenz roof
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Updated 4d ago |
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A piece from the same spherical fireball observed earlier in Germany on Sunday evening struck a house near Cobben, creating an opening roughly as large as a soccer ball without causing casualties or damage to people inside.
Key Points
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1A meteorite struck Koblenz, western Germany on Sunday evening March 9th and Mar 10 morning hours.
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2The impact created a hole in the roof of an inhabited house described as being roughly football-sized or Mickey Mouse head-shaped depending on source interpretation.
Developments
[Mar 12, unknown time]
News articles published across multiple European languages reporting and discussing a meteorite impact in Germany were released between Mar 09:54 AM UTC (local) on March 8th/early morning local times.
[Mar 12, unknown time]
Reports from multiple sources including Teraz.sk and Delo.si confirm the meteorite struck a house in Germany around Mar 09:54 AM UTC on March 8th/early morning local times.
[Mar 12, unknown time]
Reports from multiple sources including Teraz.sk and Delo.si confirm the meteorite struck a house in Germany around Mar 09:54 AM UTC on March 8th/early morning local times.
Perspectives
A hole was punched into an inhabited roof.
— Teraz.skThe meteorite created a crater size of Mickey Mouse's head?
— Aktualne.czConflicting Reports
Football-sized hole — Spravy.stvr.sk (Mar 09:54)
Mickey mouse's head size crater — Aktualne.cz