Watch (and hear!) a meteorite impact on doorbell camera video in a world 1st

A sharp crash that sounds like glass shattering or ice cracking has been documented as likely the world’s first audio recording of a meteorite crash. It came by chance from a doorbell camera, recorded last July near the front steps of a home in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island.

Homeowner Joe Velaidum had returned from a walk when he noticed the chalky mark of what we now know to be a meteorite impact on his front walkway. “The shocking thing for me is that I was standing right there a couple of minutes right before this impact,” Velaidum told CBC News.

The University of Alberta’s meteorite collection curator, Chris Herd, who happened to have a vacation on the island already scheduled, got a call to investigate. “It’s not anything we’ve …