Case file · Cosmic event
The Madrid bolide
On the morning of 10 February 1896 a fireball exploded over Madrid with a blast that broke windows and caused panic; fragments fell around the city.
1896 CE · 40.42, -3.70 · status: official
The account
Many Madrileños thought a powder magazine had blown up. The event was widely reported and studied, and pieces of the meteorite are kept in Spanish collections.