The Chrono List of Bad Meteorites Harmful № Date Name Place Type Fall Description Source 1Ural Federal University, specimen 1,2 Lombardia, Doubtful 2 1 04.09.1511 Crema shwr several killed birds, sheep, and a man (dbt) [3, 7] Lev A. Muravyev , Institute of Geophysics Ural Branch of RAS, Italy meteorite Doubtful 2 04.09.1654 Milan Italy {?} - killed a monk (dbt) [3, 7] 1 Ekaterinburg, Russia; meteorite Aquitaine, crushed cottage, killed farmer and Viktor I. Grokhovsky 3 24.07.1790 Barbotan H5 shwr - [1, 10] [email protected], [email protected] France some cattle (dbt) Uttar Pradesh, [7, 9, Abstract. The problem of the asteroid-comet hazard is now being 4 19.12.1798 Benares (a) LL4 shwr 0,9 kg building India 10] actively discussed, because the consequences of the fall of large cosmic Bayern, 5 13.12.1803 Mässing Howardite U - building struck [1, 10] bodies on the earth can be catastrophic and affect the survival of Germany humanity and all living things. Fragments of smaller celestial bodies - Moscow, 6 05.09.1812 Borodino H5 U 0,5 kg observed by a soldier on guard [7] meteorites, fall to the earth much more often, and they can also emanate Russia a certain danger. In several papers that were published about 20 years Rajasthan, Doubtful killed a men and injured a women 7 16.01.1825 Oriang {?} - [3, 7] ago, attempts were made to compile a list of events related to the India meteorite (dbt) Uttar Pradesh, [3, 7, 9, damage caused by meteorites falling from the sky. In this paper, we have 8 16.02.1827 Mhow L6 4-5 pcs? 2 psc wounded a man (dbt) systematized official information on damage caused to property or human India 10] Rio Grande do Norte, [7, 9, health by meteorites, as of mid-2019. Previously published information 9 11.11.1836 Macau H5 shwr several killing several cattle (dbt) was critically revised. The key criterion was the data of meteoritic Brazil 10] Královéhradecký, bulletins and catalogs of extraterrestrial material collected at the crash 10 14.07.1847 Braunau IIAB 2 pcs - roof of a house [1, 10] Czech Republic site and studied. The work carried out will allow to assess how this threat Midi-Pyrenees, 11 09.12.1858 Ausson L5 2 pcs - building hit [1, 10] is significant for humanity. France Chevrolet Malibu, 1980, damaged in 1992 by the Peekskill meteorite. The Peekskill meteorite is also interesting Materials and methods. We have systematized the available official Ohio, [7, 9, in that it was one of the first meteorites, whose fall was recorded by many (16) different video cameras. 12 01.05.1860 New Concord L6 shwr - killed a colt information on cases of damage to property or human health by an United States 10] extraterrestrial substance, in order to assess whether this threat is 18 year-old Michelle Knapp had just purchased the car for 13 08.08.1868 Pillistfer Estonia EL6 4 pcs - building struck [1, 9] significant to humanity. The first work aimed at the same goal was carried $400 from her grandmother, and when she heard what Andhra Pradesh, Iron, out by Lewis at 1996 [1], who compiled a table of cases of damage caused 14 23.01.1870 Nedagolla U 4.53 kg man stunned [1, 3] sounded like a "three car crash"- in her driveway, she ran India ungrouped by meteorites, based on the preprint of Yao et al. [2] and media outside to investigate. Michelle called the Peekskill police Karnataka, information. A similar table was compiled in Russia [3]. In it, the reports 15 16.02.1876 Judesegeri H6 U- fell in the bed of tank [7, 10] who initially reported this as an act of vandalism. It was a India of a significant number of victims cited by Lewis are critically reviewed, Odessa, neighbor who reasoned that vandals can't throw rocks 16 19.11.1881 Grossliebenthal L6 U 8 kg man injured (dbt) [1, 3] and the information about similar cases in Russia / USSR from sources [4, Ukraine 5] is added. through cars and surmised that the rock was from outer Vitebsk, 17 22.09.1893 Zabrodje L6 U 3800 g roof of a house [7, 9] For the first recorded incident of damage by a meteorite, we take a space. Belarus record [6] of a Franciscan monk killed by a meteorite in 1654 (according https://www.flickr.com/photos/mechanicman87/37867452704 Maine, [9], Days after the impact, the car was sold to Iris Lang, wife 18 05.08.1898 Andover L6 U- brick wall United States [10] to the British Museum meteorite catalog [7]). This catalog was taken as http://meteoritecar.com/gallery/ of renowned meteorite legend Al Lang, for an amount that Macovich Collection of Meteorites http://www.macovich.com Western Cape, South the basis for the search and verification of information about the fall of 19 04.11.1906 Diep River L6 U 0,9 kg roof of a house (probably) [7, 10] https://auto.bfmtv.com/actualite/cette-chevrolet- was nearly two orders of magnitude more than what Africa "bad" meteorites before 1966. Later data were checked for regular percutee-par-une-meteorite-est-exposee-a-paris-1321830.html Michelle had paid. Since then, the Malibu has been on Wisconsin, [7, 9, releases of the official Meteoritical Bulletin, available online [8]. 20 16.06.1911 Kilbourn H5 shwr 770 g roof of a barn We selected reports of direct damage to buildings (for example, a display in numerous museums throughout the world, United States 10], f Al Buhayrah, Martian [7, 9, including New York City's American Museum of Natural 21 28.06.1911 Nakhla shwr - killed a dog roof was punched), or property (for example, a car), or damage caused to Egypt (nakhlite) 10] persons or animals. In compiling our table, we critically analyzed the History and France's National Museum of Natural History. Arizona, 22 19.07.1912 Holbrook L/LL6 shwr - building struck [1, 10] previous data mentioned above, and also used sources [9, 10]. It should http://meteoritecar.com/history/ United States be mentioned about many cases when a meteorite fell directly near a Missouri, [7, 9, 23 18.01.1916 Baxter L6 U 611 g roof of a house person (up to 1 meter, as for the Thika meteorite in Kenya, 2011), but United States 10] since there was no harm, these messages are not included in the table. Scotland, 24 03.12.1917 Strathmore L6 U- building struck [1, 10] Also not included are reports of meteorites falling on agricultural fields, United Kingdom North Dakota, United edges of roads, football fields, etc. Also, the table does not include the Mihonoseki, 10.12.1992 25 30.06.1918 Richardton H5 shwr - building struck [1, 10] States Tunguska cosmic phenomenon, due to the absence of the detected Sky_and_Telescope_1993 Bayrut, [7, 9, meteoric substance. 26 31.12.1921 Beyrout LL3.8 U 1100 g roof of a hut Lebanon 10] Zaporozh'ye, [7, 9, 27 02.04.1936 Yurtuk Howardite several 509 g roof of a house Ukraine 10] Chubu, [7, 9, 28 31.03.1938 Kasamatsu H U 710 g roof of a house Japan 10] Central Mindanao, 29 16.06.1938 Pantar H5 shwr several many roofs [7, 10] Philippines Pennsylvania, 30 24.06.1938 Chicora LL6 2 pcs - a cow injured [7, 9] United States Illinois, [7, 9, 31 29.09.1938 Benld H6 U 1770,5 g garage roof United States 10] Chelyabinsk region, 32 11.06.1949 Kunashak L6 shwr - roof of the grain dryer [3] Russia Wales, [7, 9, 33 21.09.1949 Beddgelert H5 U 794.05 g hotel's roof United Kingdom 10] Shikoku, Doubtful 34 20.11.1949 Kochi U 1.6 g window (dbt) [7, 9], f Japan meteorite Bihar, 35 23.05.1950 Madhipura L U 8 sm diam roof of shed [7, 10] India Kentucky, 36 20.09.1950 Murray CM2 shwr several several buildings [1, 10] United States St. Louis, Missouri, 37 10.12.1950 St. Louis H4 U 1 kg car [1] United States Alabama, [3, 7, 9, 38 01.11.1954 Sylacauga H4 2 pcs 1.57 kg fell through the roof, hit a women United States 10], f Sardinia, 39 19.02.1956 Sinnai H6 U 2 kg roof and floor MB10 Italy South Dakota, United 40 29.02.1956 Centerville H5 U 45.6 g aluminium roof and a corn planter [7, 10] Results and discussion. Systematized information hospitalized. The roof is damaged and the brick wall of States about these events was published by us in Russian in the warehouse of the zinc plant is destroyed. The Indiana, 41 13.10.1959 Hamlet LL4 U 2.045 kg struck a house [7, 10] 2008 [11]. It was concluded that for the entire time of damage described was not the result of exposure to a United States Ash Sharqiyah, registration of meteorite falls only a few dozen cases of meteorite directly, but is relates to its flight in the 42 23.02.1961 Ras Tanura H6 U 1.6 g loading dock struck [1, 10] cosmic substances penetrating the human environment atmosphere. So Chelyabinsk meteorite should certainly Saudi Arabia Texas, were recorded. There are several unreliable cases of a be included in the list, and work on the list of "bad" 43 09.09.1961 Bells C2-ung shwr - struck roof of house [10] meteorite hitting a person, but most often meteorites meteorites should be continued. United States Schleswig-Holstein, [7, 9, fall into the rooftops, causing local damage of different Here we present a table with information on such 44 26.04.1962 Kiel L6 U 737.6 g made a hole in the roof of a house Germany 10], f buildings. At that time, we could conclude that there is cases until May 2019. The information presented earlier England, 45 24.12.1965 Barwell L5 shwr - two buildings and a car [1, 10] practically no danger from falling meteorites. This was again critically revised and re-checked. As having United Kingdom would further doubt the reports cited in the work of the historical value, we have kept several records officially Colorado, [9, 10], 46 17.07.1967 Denver L6 U 230 g warehouse roof Yao of the numerous destructions and the thousands of (in the bulletin) recognized as doubtful. The main United States MB44 victims of meteorites, according to the chronicles in criterion for inclusion in the table was a substance Sao Paulo, 47 14.08.1967 Buritizal LL3.2 3 pcs three found in the stable MB105 ancient China. collected at the site of the fall, which was subsequently Brazil New York, [9, 10], The fall of the Chelyabinsk meteorite significantly investigated and registered. This confirms the 48 12.04.1968 Schenectady H5 U 283 g building's roof changed the picture at that time. Unprecedented indication of the type of meteorite for each record. For United States MB44 Emilia-Romagna, three fragments were found on the destruction occurred as a result of the shock wave. A lot each entry, the source from the list of references or the 49 10.08.1968 Piancaldoli L3.4 3 pcs 3, sum 13 g MB51 of windows were broken in the regional center number of the meteorite bulletin (abbreviation MB with Italy roof of a house North Ireland, Chelyabinsk and nearby settlements. People were its number). Doubtful in the "type" column means 50 25.04.1969 Bovedy (Belfast) L3 3 pcs - building [10] United Kingdom injured by glass fragments. According to media reports, dubious meteorite nature. dbt in the Description Ukraine, [10], 51 07.08.1969 Andreevka L3 U 600 g slate roof of a house a total of 1,613 people came to the hospitals of the column means doubting the veracity of the given report USSR MB54 Chelyabinsk region with wounds, of which 69 were about the circumstances of the find. Královéhradecký, [10], 52 16.09.1969 Suchy Dul L6 U 840 g struck the roof of a house Czech Republic MB48 Part of the roof damaged by meteorite Kunashak 11.06.1949 Victoria, several stones penetrated a building's [9, 10], Colors in the table 53 28.09.1969 Murchison CM2 shwr 680.2 g Fersman Mineralogical Museum. Russian Academy of Sciences Australia roof MB48 http://old.fmm.ru/meteoritesen/kunashaken.htm building between 1945 Sachsen-Anhalt, 54 Wernigerode H5 U 24.3 g was found in the attic of a house MB86 and 1970 Germany structure February Luxembourg, Eucrite, The first photo of bad meteorite 55 Tintigny shwr several roof of the barn MB107 1971 ? Belgium polymict animal Wethersfield Connecticut, [9, 10], 56 08.04.1971 L6 U 350 g fell through the roof of the house (1971) United States MB50 human Turku Ja Pori, [10], 57 02.08.1971 Havero Ureilite U 1544 g fell through the roof of a storehouse Finland MB51 car Trujillo, 58 15.10.1972 Valera L5 U 50 kg a cow killed MB85 many Venezuela San Juan California, penetrated the aluminum sheeting roof [9, 10], 59 15.03.1973 H6 2 pcs 50.5 g doubtful Capistrano United States of a carport MB53 Colorado, [9, 10], 60 27.10.1973 Canon City H6 U 1.4 kg fell through the roof of a garage United States MB52 Esfahan, fell through the roof of a school [10], 61 18.08.1974 Naragh H6 U 2.7 kg Iran laboratory MB53 Kentucky, 4 pcs, sum [10], 62 31.01.1977 Louisville L6 4 pcs damaged buildings United States 1.3 kg MB50 Found 1978 Maine, 63 Walnut Hill OC U 220 g made a hole in the roof of a shed MB75 October United States Oregon, [10], 64 13.05.1981 Salem L6 U 61 g fell onto the roof of a house United States MB60 Wethersfield Connecticut, fragments were recovered after falling [9, 10], 65 12.10.1982 L6 U- (1982) United States through the roof of a house MB62, f wooden roof of the shed, punched by Tohoku, penetrated the zinc roof of a printing [10], 66 30.06.1984 Aomori L6 U 320 g the Kilburn meteorite, 1911, USA Japan shop MB63 Tohoku, 19.2 g, [10], 67 22.08.1984 Tomiya H4/5 2 pcs fall on the veranda of a house Japan 8.3 g MB63 Georgia, [10], 68 10.12.1984 Claxton L6 U 1455 g metal mail box United States MB63, f Entre Rios, 69 06.01.1985 La Criolla L6 shwr - farmhouse roof pierced, door smashed [1, 10] Argentina Kanto, 70 29.04.1986 Sayama CM2 U 430 g was found near the porch of the house MB85 Japan Shikoku, [1, 10], 71 29.07.1986 Kokubunji L6 11 pcs several several buildings hit Japan MB67 Brandenburg, [1, 10], 72 01.03.1988 Trebbin LL6 U 1250 g greenhouse struck Germany MB67 Piemonte, 73 18.05.1988 Torino H6 several - building struck [1, 10] Italy Jiangsu, [10], 74 15.08.1989 Sixiangkou L5 4 pcs - hit the roof of a house China MB69

75 07.04.1990 Glanerburg Netherlands L/LL5 U 670 g fell on the roof of a house MB70

Kentucky, 76 04.09.1990 Burnwell H4-an U 1.504 kg fell through the porch MB82 United States Eastern, [9], The Only Person who was undoubtedly Hit By A Meteorite 77 14.08.1992 Mbale L5/6 shwr several several buildings, boy struck on head Uganda MB75, f New York, [9], 78 09.10.1992 Peekskill H6 U 12.4 kg car United States MB75, f Chugoku, 79 10.12.1992 Mihonoseki L6 U 6.38 kg roof and floor MB75 Japan Michigan, 80 20.10.1994 Coleman L6 U 467 g penetrated the roof of a house MB80 United States Chubu, 81 18.02.1995 Neagari L6 U 420 g trunk of a car MB78 Japan Kanto, 82 07.01.1996 Tsukuba H5-6 shwr - penetrated a roof MB80 Japan Wisconsin, 83 21.10.1996 Turtle Lake L5 U 89.3 g car MB93 United States Shandong, penetrated a roof and landed in a pot 84 15.02.1997 Juancheng H5 shwr - MB82 China on a stove Michigan, 85 01.09.1997 Worden L5 U 1551 g garage MB85 United States Andhra Pradesh, 86 31.12.1997 Vissannapeta Eucrite-cm U 1304 g fell with a loud thud on the roof MB84 India New Mexico, 87 13.06.1998 Portales Valley H6 shwr 530 g barn roof and wall MB83 Ann Hodges’ doctor shows off her bruise, The hole made by the meteorite that United States caused by the meteorite. crashed through Ann Hodges roof. Kinki, penetrated the roof of the house, 88 26.09.1999 Kobe CK4 U 136 g MB84 Japan material fell on a bed New South Wales, a stone crashed through the roof and Ann was sleeping on her couch, covered by quilts, when a softball-size hunk of black rock 89 14.12.1999 Dunbogan L6 U 30 g MB85 broke through the ceiling, bounced off a radio, and hit her in the thigh, leaving a pineapple- Australia the ceiling of living room February Eucrite- was found in a hole in the roof of a shaped bruise. 90 Alby sur Chéran Haute Savoie, France U 252 g MB88 Jay Leviton/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images 2002 mmict building Marche, https://allthatsinteresting.com/ann-hodges-meteorite 91 20.02.2002 San Michele L6 U 237 g building's roof MB89 Italy Zhejiang, finder noticed that his roof was leaking Conclusions. To date (June 2019), 122 bad meteorites have been 92 July 2002 Dongyang H5 U 230 g MB102 China and a black stone on the floor recorded in meteoritic catalogs; 9 of them are doubtful records we left Chugoku, discovered by workers searching for in the table as having historical value. There are 6 cases of a meteorite 93 01.02.2003 Hiroshima H5 U 414 g MB87 The effects of the shock wave from the meteorite Chelyabinsk Japan the cause of a leaking roof killing animals (2 of them are doubtful). 1 certain case of a meteorite Louisiana, 94 23.09.2003 New Orleans H5 U 19.256 kg crashed through the two-story house MB88 hitting human (Sylacauga, not fatal) and once man was stunned by United States meteorite (Nedagolla, 1870). As a result of the shock wave caused by Østfold, 95 14.07.2006 Moss CO3.6 shwr 676 g land on an aluminum sheet MB91 the Chelyabinsk meteorite, many people were injured by fragments of Norway broken windows. There is also a report that a fragment of the Mbalé Gujarat, 96 31.07.2006 Jodiya L5 shwr several many roofs MB94 meteorite hit a person. 6 meteorites damaged cars. India Arunachal Pradesh, fell through the roof of a house and The main number of bad meteorites hit individual residential 97 21.02.2007 Mahadevpur H4/5 shwr 3.4 kg MB94 buildings: 66; several buildings in one fall: 14, or structures (non- India into the living room Valle del Cauca, residential buildings, garages, barns, stables, greenhouses, etc.) - 22 98 06.07.2007 Cali H/L4 shwr several many roofs MB93 cases. Of course, we can not exclude that other events listed on the Colombia San Juan de Jalisco, 99 22.09.2007 L5 U 1365 g building struck MB104 Lewis [1] and Yau [2] lists also took place, but the absence of Ocotán Mexico extraterrestrial matter does not make it definitively convinced. Sokoto, destroyed the roof of the house 100 10.01.2008 Sokoto IIIAB U 30 kg MB107 If we take the total number of recorded meteorite falls [8] over Nigeria (newspapaer report) 1300 (falls, not including finds), then in about every tenth visible fall, Hebei, penetrated a roof and landed in the 101 12.04.2008 Xinglongquan L3 2 pcs >2 kg MB104 the meteoritic substance directly affects a person and his property. China floor of the house Georgia, roof, joist, ceiling, door, bedroom's 102 01.03.2009 Cartersville L5 U 20 g MB104 A young Ugandan boy was hit United States floor of the house on the head by a small specimen. Southern Ontario, 103 26.09.2009 Grimsby H5 shwr 46 g car MB97 Mbale, 14.08.1992 Canada Virginia, fell through the roof and ceiling of the 104 18.01.2010 Lorton L6 U 329.7 g MB99 United States Family Practice Wisconsin, 105 14.04.2010 Mifflin L5 shwr 7.4 g hit the metal roof of a shed MB99 United States Warmińsko- penetrated a roof and onto a concrete 106 30.04.2011 Sołtmany L6 U 1066 g MB100 mazurskie, Poland step at a farm Ile-del-France, several roofs of buildings were 107 13.06.2011 Draveil H5 shwr 206 g MB102 France damaged Kiambu County, 108 16.07.2011 Thika L6 shwr several building and greenhouses MB100 Kenya California, 109 17.10.2012 Novato L6 4 pcs 61.9 g building's and garage's roof MB103 United States Chelyabinsk region, many people were wounded by broken A meteorite came through the roof of a house in Park 110 15.02.2013 Chelyabinsk LL5 shwr several MB102 Forest, a Chicago suburb, in 2003. 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