EF METEORITES

Around 10:00 am on August 19, 2020, a loud explosion was heard followed by a meteor shower over the small town of Santa Filomena-PE. At least two houses were hit by meteorites, one of which was a 2.8 kg piece that fell on the houses of the residents Ms. Socorro and Mr. Genilson, in front of the municipal church. Upon learning of what happened, I knew that this was my opportunity to be present and hunt for meteorites in a fall observed in Brazil, this way I bought the plane tickets and arrived in the city of Santa Filomena on the 27th of August.

We are a family owned and operated business.

I paid a visit to the house hit by the meteorite, where I was very well received by Mrs. Socorro and Mr. Genilson. Mrs. Socorro can detail the fright that went with the impact of the meteorite in your house. As a gift I got roof tiles broken by the impact of the meteorite that Mr. Genilson kindly presented to me.

We are a family owned and operated business.

The coolest part of this expedition was being able to meet in person people that I had admired for a long time, like Michael Farmer, Robert Ward, André Moutinho and Roberto Vargas, great meteorite collectors. On the second day in Santa Filomena, it was my birthday where I celebrated with them in the only pizzeria in town.