The 1875 New Zealand meteorite fall at Mokoia

Record summary

The Mokoia meteorite is a named New Zealand meteorite associated with a witnessed fall and recovered stones. It is a useful UAP comparison because nineteenth-century fireballs could involve a bright moving object, explosive sound, falling fragments, and physical material, allowing later researchers to compare testimony with recoverable evidence. The exact fall date, witness accounts, specimens, and scientific description should be checked through the Meteoritical Bulletin and New Zealand geological or museum sources. Its conventional meteoritic interpretation is well established, although historical reporting details may vary.