# Holy crap is this real?  Meteorite video

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-is-this-real-meteorite-video/324409>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 2, 2005, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-is-this-real-meteorite-video/324409 "2005-10-02T01:54:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-is-this-real-meteorite-video/324409/21 "2005-10-03T04:02:54Z")

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> [@Napier](#):
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> an incredible deafening sonic-boom bang that trailed away as you heard further and further parts of the air event.

I’ve read an assertion that the impact of the Alvarez Meteorite, the one that finished off the dinosaurs, was heard by _every living thing on earth_.

Sailboat

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**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-is-this-real-meteorite-video/324409/22 "2005-10-03T15:29:12Z")

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> [@Sailboat](#):
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> I’ve read an assertion that the impact of the Alvarez Meteorite, the one that finished off the dinosaurs, was heard by _every living thing on earth_.
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> Sailboat

“What the fuck was that?!?”

“At a guess, the end of the Mesozoic era”.

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