Case file · Cosmic event
Siena meteorite fall
On 16 June 1794 a shower of stones fell near Siena from a dark cloud, eighteen hours after Vesuvius erupted. Reports reached Ernst Chladni and helped convince scientists that stones really fall from the sky.
1794 CE · 43.20, 11.55 · status: explained
The sceptical view
Fully explained: an ordinary chondrite meteorite fall. Many at first tied it to Vesuvius.