Mrs. Allen Crouch was outside making soap when flakes of meat began falling from a clear sky over an area of approximately 100 by 50 yards. Two gentlemen who tasted the substance said it resembled mutton or venison. Scientific analysis identified lung tissue, muscle fiber, and cartilage — possibly from a horse or deer.

Stones fell from a cloud over Siena, some still hot when collected. Abbé Ambrogio Soldani documented the fall meticulously. The event helped establish that stones could indeed fall from the sky — a claim the scientific establishment had long ridiculed.

A large block of ice fell from a clear summer sky, embedding itself in the ground. No aircraft existed at the time. The ice was described as translucent with a layered structure unlike hail. Temperature at altitude was insufficient to account for formation.