Meteorite fall (HED, eucrite?) in Koblenz (Güls), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, at around 17:54 UT on 8 March 2026

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Last update: 9 March 2026 (18:30 CET)

A meteorite (HED, eucrite?) hit the roof of a house at location 50°20’37.8″N, 7°32’51.8″E in Koblenz-Güls, Germany, at around 17:54 UT on 8 March 2026. The home owners were in another room of the house when the meteorite fell. At 18:06 UT they informed the local police about the impact on their roof, which caused a football-sized hole in it. The fire brigade was sent to inspect the fall site. The meteorite fragmented on impact on the roof above the bedroom of the house and apparently even caused damage on the floor tiles of the room. The first meteorite fragments were presented during a short press conference in the evening of March 8. Additional smaller meteorite fragments were found in a neighboring courtyard by the French meteorite collector Thierry Monter (62) and German planetologist Dennis Harries on 9 March. The bolide was seen by hundreds of witnesses in many European countries. Ear-witness Ingo Beller, who was in the immediate vicinity of the fall site during the fall, reports he heard a whistling sound and later a sound which reminded him of a car crash with shattered glass and metal. Various images and videos of the bolide can be found here: AKM/IMO.

A large fragment (length ~ 7cm) of the mass which hit the roof. Photo: SWR

A large fragment (length ~ 7cm) of the mass which hit the roof. Photo: 5VISION.NEWS

Smaller fragments of the mass which hit the roof. Photo: SWR

Smaller fragments found by Thierry Monter on 9 March 2026. Photo: SWR

Impact location on the roof

The fixed hole in the roof. Photo: BILD

The fixed hole in the roof. Photo: SWR

The bolide

Bolide trajectory, as calculated by Geophysikalisches Institut (GPI) of the Karlsruher Instituts für Technologie (KIT)

Map view of the seismic measuring stations (colored triangles) and the calculated trajectories of the IMO (blue) and the KIT-GPI (orange). Right: Seismograms on which the meteoroid signal is marked with red dotted lines. (Graphic: Dario Eickhoff / KIT)

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Video: SWR (9 March 2026)

Video: ZDF (9 March 2026)

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