1. Adzhi-Bogdo (LL3-6):
Black objects that produced
crackling sounds like gunshots, flew eastward through the heavens trailing green smoke.
2. Allegan (H5):
The explosion was reported as
cannon-like, and was followed by a
hissing sound compared with that of an
engine blowing off steam.
3. Cabin Creek (IIIA):
People in the town of Dardanelle, about 25 km southeast of the landing site, were startled by an unusually loud report, accompanied by a peculiar
whizzing sound as if
hot metal had come
in contact with water.
4. Crumlin (L5):
... a noise like
thunder or the
rolling of drums broke overhead.
... described the report as twofold and followed by a
whizzing noise or the
sound of escaping steam.
5. Felix (CO3):
... his attention was attracted by a
loud rumbling noise sounding very much like
thunder.
6. Hatford (1628):
... a
hizzing noise made way through the air, not unlike the
flying of bullets from the mouth of great ordnance, ...
7. Holbrook (L6):
The noise it created was very loud and lasted for at least half a minute and sounded somewhat like
distant thunder, or the
booming of a cannon in the distance.
This noise has been variously likened by witnesses, to the
rumbling of a rapidly driven farm wagon on a rough road, to
escaping steam, to
distant or
long continued thunder or the
booming of a cannon.
8. Magombedze (H6):
The fall was proceeded by three
loud detonation sounds and "an
approaching aeroplane-like noise", landing with
a thud ...
9. Mooresfort (H5):
Appearance of moving cloud and
sounds like thunder.
10. Noblesville (H4):
No light or sound except for the
whirring sound as it passed and the
thud in the ground was noticed.
They were facing south and heard a "
low pitched whistle" or "
whirring" sound as the meteorite passed them coming from the north or slightly west of north.
11. Pontlyfni (WIN)
... he heard a
rushing,
whistling sound.
... a peculiar
whistling noise as of a projectile.
12. Rowton (IIIA):
... the sound was heard as of something falling during a heavy shower of rain, accompanied by
a hissing and then
a rumbling noise.
a strange
rumbling noise was heard in the atmosphere, followed almost instantaneously by a
startling explosion resembling a
discharge of heavy artillery.
13. Stratford (L6): A
whistling sound was heard.
13. St. Robert (H5):
At least one observer noted
electrophonic sounds heard simultaneously with the passage of the fireball.
14. Campos Sales (L4): ... a
loud buzzing noiseMost observers reported astonishment by the fireball, the sonic boom, and the
whizzing ("like the
sound of bullets") of the falling stones.
15. Piplia Kalan (EUC):
The meteorite was accompanied by three
loud widely heard detonations, a
hissing sound along the trail, ...
16. Juancheng (H5):
They heard a
roaring sound for 2 to 3 minutes, ...
17. Ashdon (L6):
He heard a loud "
sissing"
noise and supposed that an aeroplane was overhead.
18. Baldwyn (L6): ...
humming noise19. Binningup (H5): ...
whistling noise20. Middlesbrough (L6):
... heard a
whizzing or
rushing noise in the air, ...
21. Peckelsheim (DIO): ... a
whining noise22. Quesa (IRANOM):
They heard a brief noise as of
an approaching storm.
23. Rampurhat (LL): ... a
roaring noise24. Ruhobobo (L6): ...a noise like that of a jet aeroplane
25. Sharps (H3): ... a
w h i r r i n g noise
26. Trebbin (LL6):
The fall was accompanied by a loud
hissing noise, ...
27. Warrenton (CO3): ... a whistling noise
28. Wold Cottage (L6):
... heard various
noises in the air,
like pistols, or
distant guns at sea, felt two distinct concussions of the earth, and heard a
hissing noise passing through the air ...
Bernd