The 1860 Dhurmsala meteorite fall

Record summary

The Dhurmsala, or Dharamsala, meteorite is recorded as a nineteenth-century stone fall in the Himalayan region, conventionally dated to 1860. It belongs to the documentary history of unusual objects arriving from the sky and can be compared with how local witnesses, colonial officials and later scientists classified unexplained phenomena. The event is not evidence of a controlled craft or alien origin; its importance lies in the transition from report to specimen and laboratory analysis. Local spelling, administrative boundaries and fall-year details should be checked in meteoritical catalogues.