Case file · Cosmic event
Tissint meteorite fall
A fireball over southern Morocco dropped stones later identified as a meteorite from Mars, the first witnessed Martian fall in decades.
2011 CE · 29.48, -7.61 · status: official
The account
Witnesses saw the bright fireball on 18 July 2011 near Tissint in Tata Province. Nomads began finding black-crusted stones in October, and analysis matched gases trapped inside to Mars's atmosphere as measured by the Viking landers.
The sceptical view
A natural event, included here because real 'stones from the sky' sit alongside many UFO and fireball reports.