Fireball
Fireball over the Ligurian Sea Cetacean Sanctuary
499 witness reports
499
witness reports
33
mention a boom
over the Ligurian Sea Cetacean Sanctuary
where it was seen
Outlines: Natural Earth, US Census Bureau (public domain)
499 people across France reported a fireball over the Ligurian Sea Cetacean Sanctuary to the American Meteor Society, and 33 of them heard it: a boom means the rock got low enough for its shockwave to reach the ground.
For the background, read Fireballs and meteorites in Meteors & fireballs.
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