Reading: True/False - 2022 őszi

METEORITE CRASH-LANDED IN A CANADIAN WOMAN'S BED WHILE SHE SLEPT When Ruth Hamilton woke up on October 3 to the sound of her dog barking, followed shortly by an explosion and drywall pieces falling on her face, she was afraid there was a burglar in the house. But instead, she noticed a dark grey rock behind her pillows that matched the size of the hole in her ceiling. The police officer who visited Ms Hamilton's home first suspected that a nearby building site might be responsible for the damage. But the construction workers made the officer think of another explanation. They had heard a loud noise and seen an explosion in the sky just before Ms Hamilton reported the incident. "The police officer came back in and said: 'Well, I think you have a meteorite in your bed,'" says Ms Hamilton. Ms Hamilton shared the space-rock, which weighs about 1.3 kilograms, with researchers at the University of Western Ontario, which has a collection of meteorites, so they can study it further. "It's certainly a meteorite," says meteor physicist Peter Brown, member of the research team. "Everything about the story pointed to a meteorite fall, and the fact that the bright fireball had occurred basically right at the same time made it a pretty obvious case." The researchers are asking local residents for videos that may have captured the fall of the fireball. They can use video to reconstruct the path that the meteorite followed from the asteroid belt to Earth. Ms Hamilton considers herself lucky to be unharmed. "I didn't get hurt," she says. "I didn't even get a scratch. So, all I had to do is have a shower and mop the floor." Because the meteorite landed on Ms Hamilton's property, it belongs to her, and she plans to keep it as a souvenir of the unusual night. Her grandchildren also think it's pretty cool.