A huge meteor landed in Russia earlier this morning, and you have to check out the videos online.

It happened in the Ural Mountains region of Western Russia, and the videos show giant trails of smoke, and a huge fireball streaking down through the sky. Then you hear a massive boom when it lands.  The shockwaves of the impact blew out windows and damaged buildings, and early reports said somewhere between 100 and 400 people were injured, from broken glass and concussions. Witnesses said it felt like an earthquake.

Supposedly about twenty thousand rescue workers have been sent to deal with the structural damage.   Some unconfirmed reports say the meteorite was blown apart by a missile defense system before landing, and of course the internet is already stirring up rumors about a UFO. But in the videos, the drivers don't seem all that affected by what they see.


(Huffington Post)


(Meteorites are solid chunks of rock and mineral debris hurtling through space. When they hit our atmosphere, they start to burn up, and turn into what we call a meteor or a shooting star.  The meteor shows up at the 10 second mark in the videos. You can grab some photos of the damage here.)