Fragments of the fireball have been located in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire and are now in the care of museum scientists.
Almost 300g of the rare meteorite survived its fiery passage through the Earth's atmosphere and landed on a drive.The original space rock was travelling at nearly 14km per second before hitting the Earth's atmosphere. "The opportunity to be one of the first people to see and study a meteorite that was recovered almost immediately after falling is a dream come true."
"It's emotional being the first one to confirm to the people standing in front of you that the thud they heard on their driveway overnight is in fact the real thing." This is the first known carbonaceous chondrite to have been found in the UK, and the first meteorite recovered in the UK in 30 years, researchers say.
Found this last September 12th 2020 embedded on top of a hedge I was trimming in back garden. It's also reacts to a magnet.