Scientists used to think that metors did not fall from the sky. It was considered folklore, old wives tales etc.
It wasn’t until one fell somewhere in France I think and many of the townspeople were witnesses to this event that this started to change.
The heavenly rock is still on view at the local church in this small town.
Source The History Channel, of course at my age some of the details may be a bit fuzzy.
That was barely over a century ago.