Researchers have suggested that nothing actually hit the ground at all...
meteorite
The records of this meteorite strike were written in a difficult, arcane form of the Turkish language
But the find is preliminary
It turned night into day
The mineral doesn't naturally occur anywhere on our planet
Meteor, meteorid or meteroite?
First pieces recovered!
The fireball search begins
Scientists concluded they were most likely formed by a proto-planet at least 4.55 billion years ago