Case file · Cosmic event
The Mbozi meteorite
A 16-tonne iron meteorite lying on a hillside near Mbeya was brought to scientific notice in 1930, when a surveyor was shown it; local people had long known it, though it was not part of any recorded tradition of a fall.
1930 CE · -9.11, 33.04 · status: official
The account
The mass, about 3 metres long, is one of the largest meteorites known. It was dug free and now rests on a plinth where it was found, and is a protected monument.
The sceptical view
A natural iron meteorite of unknown fall date.