The most bizarre objects that fell from space - Over the years, some peculiar objects have fallen from space and some unlucky people have been in the way. Click here to find out more.

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Unlucky cow - According to website Live Science, in 1972, Venezuelan farmers heard a bang. The next day, they found that a huge rock had crushed a cow. Years later, it was determined that the rock was a meteorite.

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Willamette meteorite - This iron-nickel meteorite is the largest meteorite found in North America and the sixth largest in the world. It is now in the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

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Tunguska event - In 1908, there was a massive explosion in Siberia. It happened due to the air burst of a meteoroid that disintegrated at an altitude of around 32,000 ft.

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Rock shower - According to the website Live Science, in 1992, the residents of Mbale, Uganda, witnessed a great explosion in the sky. Suddenly they were showered with rocks—it was a meteorite that had exploded.

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Hoba meteorite - Weighing around 60 tonnes, the Hoba meteorite is the heaviest ever found. It is in Namibia and due to its weight, it has never been moved since it was found in 1920.

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Mystery spheres - In 2015, three big spheres fell on Vietnam. According to the BBC, officials determined that they were in fact compressed air tanks belonging to a spacecraft.

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"Indestructible" tank - According to Space Safety Magazine online, a small spherical object fell on a small town in Brazil last year. It was a gas tank used for space missions.

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Lucky walk - In 1997, in Oklahoma, a woman saw a ray of light in the sky and felt something on her shoulder. According to National Geographic, she was incredibly lucky as she could have been smashed by space debris belonging to the Delta II rocket.

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Kaidun meteorite - In 1980, a meteorite landed next to a Soviet military base in Yemen. It contained a large variety of minerals and was named Kaidun.

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Beach - According to National Geographic, in 2000, a mysterious metallic object washed up on a Texas beach. NASA officials identified it as a piece of Ariane 5.

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Disturbed - In 1954, in the city of Sylacauga, USA, Ann Hodges was resting on her couch when a meteorite the size of a grapefruit crashed through the roof and hit her hip.

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Chinese piece - According to the BBC, in 2016, a big spherical and metallic object landed on a mine in Myanmar. Scientists believe it was a piece from a Chinese spaceship.

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Murchison meteorite - This meteorite fell on Australian territory in 1969. It contained numerous organic compounds that are still being studied by scientists.

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Tagish Lake - In 2000, locals sensed a strong sulfuric smell after a huge fireball fell into Lake Tagish, Canada. It was a meteorite and scientists are still studying its properties.

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Radioactive detritus - In 1978, fragments of radioactive material fell over Canada. They were part of a faulty generator belonging to Soviet satellite Kosmos 954.

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Meteorite collision - The biggest collision between two meteorites was registered in the mountainous region of Sijote-Alín, Russia, in 1947.

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Pea-sized meteorite - In 2009, a German 14-year-old boy named Gerrit Blank was heading to school when he saw a strong gleam. A rock the size of a pea fell next to him and formed a crater.

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Allende meteorite - Meteorite Allende fell in Mexico in 1969. It contained elements older than the solar system, as well as small diamonds.

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Ensisheim meteorite - In 1492, a meteorite fell on what is today the French city of Ensisheim. It is the oldest preserved meteorite in Europe.

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Desert meteorite - In October 2008, scientists tracked a meteorite that ended up falling on the Nubian Desert, Sudan. They named it Almahata Sitta and it was the first meteorite to have been tracked all the way to the Earth's surface.

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Space fraud - In 1864, a meteorite fell in Orgueil, France. It was fragile enough to be cut with a knife. In 1965, a fragment was found to have a seed capsule embedded in it, while the original glassy layer on the outside remained undisturbed. It was found to be a fraud—the seed was glued into the fragment and camouflaged using coal!

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Meteorite from Mars - In 1984, a meteorite was found in Antarctica. It was named Allan Hills 84001 and some scientists believe it came from Mars, though this remains unproven

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Suspicious object - According to National Geographic, in March 2011, a spherical object was found inside a crater in the state of Colorado, USA. NASA identified it as a tank belonging to the Russian spacecraft Zenit-3, which had been launched in January 2011.

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Metallic fragments - In 1997, several metallic fragments fell over Argentina. They belonged to Soviet space station Salyut-7.

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Peekskill meteorite - In 1992, a meteorite fell on a 1980 Chevrolet Malibu. The car was totally destroyed but luckily there was no one inside.

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