[Rockhounds] Shooting Star: French Woman Sitting on Her Terrace Struck By Mystery Space Rock

[Stephen Shimatzki]

Bad article, no picture or said "space mystery rock".   Found it here.. I
think.  Other articles listed wiki pics, etc.  This has a picture of
supposedly THE meteorite.

https://www.unilad.com/news/world-news/woman-hit-meteorite-size-golf-ball-france-616020-20230717

Steve S.

On Mon, Jul 17, 2023, 10:08 PM John Scully <jscully216 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Something like this happened in Pensylvania 30 years ago🙂
>
> On Mon, Jul 17, 2023, 7:45 PM Kreigh Tomaszewski <kreigh at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Can you imagine quietly sipping coffee and minding your own business
> when a
> > random rock coming all the way from outer space decides to pick beef with
> > you? As outlandish as this sounds, this is exactly what happened to a
> woman
> > in the village of Alsace located in eastern France.
> >
> > As per the French newspaper Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace (DNA), the
> > woman was sitting outside on her terrace, chatting with a friend when the
> > mysterious pebble hit her in the ribs earlier this month, on July 6.
> >
> > While calling the object a pebble could make it sound harmless, it still
> > managed to leave a bruise.
> >
> > “I heard a big 'Poom' coming from the roof next to us. In the second that
> > followed, I felt a shock on the ribs,” the unidentified woman told the
> > French newspaper.
> >
> > She mistook it for an animal, perhaps a bat, at first, but she soon
> > realised that it resembled a piece of cement — the kind applied to ridge
> > tiles. Except, it was colourless.
> >
> > When she got it checked by a local roofer, he suggested that it could be
> a
> > meteorite. Further examination by geologist Dr Thierry Rebmann only
> > confirmed its extraterrestrial origins.
> >
> >
> >
> https://weather.com/en-IN/india/space/news/2023-07-17-french-woman-sitting-on-her-terrace-struck-by-meteorite
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