A Yorkshire homeowner has told of his shock after watching a suspected meteorite burst through the sky and land next to his property.
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00:00It was early on bank holiday Monday the 6th of May and I was outside looked up in the sky
00:06and I saw a bright light and I thought originally that might be a firework.
00:15I was even looking for this stick at the back of it but it no it wasn't it came straight down
00:20then it had a like a green hue around it what I distinctly remember is like the
00:26sound it's like the burning sound and I thought well that's strange.
00:32I looked it up googled it meteorite storms and they said basically it's part of it could be
00:39a meteorite storm from Haley's Comet which which comes over every I don't know how many years
00:47and that was it really so yeah I saw it come fall behind my house in in in Outwood and I
00:55thought I'd go have a little look for it so the next day I went to the adjacent street
01:02and I found this in in the road picked it up it was warm it smelt burnt and it's got a bit of
01:09weight to it as well so yeah brought it home and wrapped it in some tinfoil and now I've
01:15I've brought it to Professor Kelly at Leeds University just to just to verify it validate
01:22it and and go from there really.