But they seem like alot are raining down..
There are a lot that are raining down on us. We're getting absolutely "rained on" every day, every hour and every second... all year long, year-after-year... with no let-up...
Sometimes people see them, and sometimes they don't. We have a lot more observers these days (more people on earth) and better communications and more people to take pictures of things like this... :-)
Even the pictures taken from the Space Shuttle has shown us things that we didn't know were there, before, until we got up there and were able to observe them.
I have never seen a Fireball..
But these stories to be seem pretty common now.
1.Boy Hit By Meteorite Travelling At 30,000mph
10:22am UK, Friday June 12, 2009
A teenager was hit by a meteorite travelling at 30,000mph - and lived to tell the tale....
2.’Ball Of Fire’ Spotted In Spanish Skies
6:54am UK, Tuesday January 06, 2004
Spanish police are combing parts of the country after thousands of people reported seeing a “ball of fire” in the sky.Residents from areas as far apart as the northwestern coast and the south east Mediterranean coast telephoned police to report seeing “a big ball of fire” roaring across the skies on Sunday evening.
“Sometimes people see them, and sometimes they don’t.”
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I saw one come down in IIRC Nov, 2008. It was a huge white ball. I googled it and there is a website that asks for a report to document the incident, so I put in the info. They later emailed me that it was a confirmed sighting by others who also reported seeing it.
The point of confirming the sighting is because it increases the value of the meteorite if anyone ever finds it.