Sound of Meteorite Hitting Earth Recorded by Security Camera Moments After Couple Left Home to Walk Their Dogs

Mar. 15, 2025

Have you ever wondered what a meteorite hitting Earth sounds like?

Last July, Joe Velaidum and Laura Kelly, residents of Prince Edward Island in Canada, returned home from walking their dogs to find a pile of debris outside their home, according toThe National Postand theCanadian Press.

“We had no idea what it was," Velaidum toldThe National Post.

The footage also showed that just minutes earlier, Velaidum was standing exactly where the meteorite landed.

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Chris Herd, curator of the University of Alberta’s meteorite collection, later confirmed that it was in fact, a meteorite. Specifically, he said, it’s an “ordinary chondrite,” the most common kind of meteorite.

Still, Herd told the Canadian Press that “it’s remarkable because it’s never really been heard before,” commenting that it’s believed this marked “the first time we’ve ever had a recorded fall of a meteorite hitting the surface of the Earth with sound included.”

As for the space rock itself, Herd told theNational Post that “it comes from the asteroid belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.”

“So a fragment of an asteroid broke off at some point — it could have been millions of years ago — made its way around the sun and then crossed the Earth’s orbit, late afternoon Atlantic time, last July 25th," he continued.

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As for Velaidum, he told the Canadian Press that what happened as a reminder that “the lives that we lead are just a small part of this celestial drama that’s so much bigger than we could possibly imagine.”

source: people.com