Winchcombe meteorite

Due to a public appeal, fragments were quickly recovered from the village of Winchcombe, enabling it to be collected for analysis before becoming degraded.

[1] They had heard a sound at the time when the meteorite hit but did not investigate outside until the morning; upon discovering the fragments, they placed them in a bag and these were taken to London for analysis.

[1] On 21 March 2021, meteorite hunter Chris Casey found a 12-gram (0.42 oz) half stone on a grass verge in Woodmancote.

On 25 March 2021, Casey and Luther Jackson found a 19.2-gram (0.68 oz) stone in Bishop's Cleeve and on 1 April 2021, Jackson, while hunting with Casey and Graham Ensor, found a fragmented 5.2-gram (0.18 oz) stone on a Bishop's Cleeve footpath.

[1] On 8 September 2021, 1 square metre (11 sq ft) of the indented section of asphalt driveway where the meteorite landed was removed and taken to London's Natural History Museum.