South Islanders saw a fireball break through the atmosphere near Wānaka overnight with a loud sonic boom, the cause of which was a falling meteorite.

A sharp crash that sounds like glass shattering or ice cracking has been documented as likely the world's first audio ...

Joe Velaidum and his partner, Laura Kelly, set out to walk their dog when their doorbell camera captured a meteorite striking their front walkway — where Velaidum had been standing moments before.

Minutes later, a meteorite pummeled the walkway — exactly ... pieces off of asteroids in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter,” Herd said. “This one chunk that arrived to Earth last ...

“No other meteorite fall has been documented like ... made impact… “`It’s from the asteroid belt…between Mars and Jupiter, so it’s come a long way,’ Herd said.” ...

“Laura’s dad, once we thought it was a meteorite, he went and bought a ... between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter,” he says. “So a fragment of an asteroid broke off at some point ...

A meteorite crash-landed on his home’s walkway. Hoping to confirm what he saw on his camera, Velaidum sent his home security ...

The space rock—recorded with visuals and sound—landed where the homeowner had been standing just minutes earlier ...