Metorite Hits Sagamore Hill

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On August 24, 1908, a meteorite hit the Earth at Sagamore Hill, home of President Theodore Roosevelt. According to author Jim Rasenberger (via A Natural Curiosity),

Just past midnight, August 24, as Roosevelt slumbered in his bed, a small meteorite bored into Earth’s atmosphere and blazed across a clear starlit sky toward Oyster Bay. Secret Service agents who were posted outside heard a hiss, then saw a flash that bathed Sagamore Hill and its lawn and tennis court in intense light. The meteorite landed less than a hundred yards from the house, just missing the President of the United States. It exploded into a hundred fiery pieces and disintegrated into dust.