Case file · Cosmic event
'Stones fell like rain' at Qingyang
The Veritable Records of the Ming say that in spring 1490 stones fell like rain at Qingyang; later local accounts claim some 10,000 dead.
1490 CE · 35.71, 107.64 · status: disputed
The account
A 1994 JPL paper by Yau, Weissman and Yeomans suggested an exploding stony meteoroid could explain the report.
The sceptical view
The official chronicle mentions no casualties; the death toll comes from later local sources and is widely doubted.