[meteorite-list] Meteorite Crashes Through Thailand House Roof

[Ron Baalke]

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1022213/meteorite-crashes-through-phitsanulok-house-roof

'Meteorite' crashes through Phitsanulok house roof 
Bangkok Post
28 Jun 2016  

PHITSANULOK - A mysterious rock, believed to be a meteorite, crashed through 
the roof of a house in Phitsanulok's Muang district on Tuesday. 

The suspected meteorite fell through the roof of a home in Plai Chumphon 
sub-district at 7.26am, hit a wall and then bounced to the floor, breaking 
into five pieces.

"I was having breakfast when there was a loud bang, like a gunshot sound. 
I looked around and found a rock about the size of an egg and some fragments 
nearby. I picked up the largest chunk and let go quickly as it was very 
hot," 65-year-old home-owner Bualom Chalomprai said. 

Mrs Bualom believes the rock is from outer space and will bring her good 
luck. 

Mrs Bualom's husband, Kittisak, 75, said he heard a sound of explosion 
in the sky at about 7am before the 300g rock fell through his roof. 

Media reports said residents in adjacent districts of Nakhon Thai and 
Chat Trakan also heard the "explosion". 

Scientists at Naresuan University's department of physics later carried 
out an initial examination on a small fragment taken from the Chalomprai 
family home and concluded the object could very likely be a meteorite 
given its features and the circumstance under which it had been found. 


Department head Sarawut Tuantam said the rock's crust was charcoal black, 
indicating it had been burned entering Earth's atmosphere at very high 
speeds. The test also found the chunk contained large amount of iron and 
was attracted by a magnet. 

Prof Sarawut added that the Chalomprais could keep the suspected space 
rock as it had safe radioactivity levels.