Scientists have described the find as “incredibly exciting” and confirmed that the rocks found scattered around the town of Biddenham are pieces of a very rare type of meteorite, the first of its kind to ever be found in the UK.
The discovery was made after a fireball meteor was seen shooting through the afternoon sky across the UK and parts of northern Europe on Friday 24th September.
Experts studied videos that were captured of the fireball and estimated if meteorites had fallen to earth their likely landing zone was an area north of Bedford in Bedfordshire.
Residents were urged to check their gardens and neighbourhoods. Scientists received a call from a family who had heard a thud in the afternoon on their driveway, and gone out to discover a pile of black, powdery rock.