[KarlInOhio]

I didn't see the one from 1807 about which Thomas Jefferson said "I would more easily believe that a Yankee professor would lie than that stones would fall from heaven."

[LibWhacker]

Yep, it’s there. Listed as “Weston, USA - 150kg” (the actual location was Weston, CT), being one of two seen falling that year, the other in Russia.

Thanks for posting that. I only vaguely remember the quote (which apparently is in some dispute; i.e., whether he said it that way or at all) and I had to look it up. As a child, I would’ve agreed wholeheartedly with him if he said it. Thought the very idea was preposterous and illogical. Amazing mankind only fully appreciated the reality quite recently.