Across time, across culture, it doesn’t matter, you get these same elements of meteorite falls time and time and time again: you have a sticky residue, you have a gelatinous substance, you have something that looks like coagulated blood. Dr Dan Rolph, Pennsylvania Historical Society
Earth: the only life-sustaining planet in our Solar System. Yet throughout its history our world has been a planetary punching bag … They are racing to track down these cosmic killers before they trigger Armageddon. The Universe s1e3: End of the Earth, History 2007
Scientists call these trespassers Near Earth Objects or NEOs. ibid.
They appear out of nowhere and threaten our very existence ... We investigate meteorites and space debris. The Universe s4e3: It Fell From Space, History 2009
Every few hundreds years Earth gets hit with rocks the size of a football field that can destroy entire cities. ibid.
Brought to Earth on a meteorite during the Day of the Triffids. The Day of the Triffids 1962 starring Howard Keel & Nicole Maurey & Janette Scott & Kieron Moore & Mervyn Johns & Ewan Roberts & Alison Leggatt & Geoffrey Matthews & Janina Faye et al, director Steve Sekely opening commentary
So meteorites like this weren’t just the building blocks of our planet, they contained the essential ingredients for its atmosphere. Chris Packham, Earth IV: Atmosphere, BBC 2023