Meteorite fall

Material from observed falls has not been subjected to terrestrial weathering, making the find a better candidate for scientific study.

For example, iron meteorites take much longer to weather and are easier to identify as unusual objects, as compared to other types.

[10] There were already several documented cases, one of the earliest was the Aegospotami meteorite of 467 BC and which became a landmark for 500 years, of which Diogenes of Apollonia said:[11] With the visible stars revolve stones which are invisible, and for that reason nameless.

They often fall on the ground and are extinguished, like the stone star that came down on fire at Aegospotami.showing that the Greeks had a much earlier idea that meteorites are rocks from space.

On 18 August 1907 multiple newspapers[36] reported that a meteor fall had occurred in Amaganzett, Long Island.