Randommization

Speaking in simple terms, this dude falling from the sky was nearly hit by a rock falling from the sky. For anyone keeping count, the chance of something like this happening is super rare, so rare that according to geologist Hans Amundsen, this is the first time ever that a meteorite has been filmed in the air after its light goes out. The event happened back in 2012.

Anders Helstrup and members of the Oslo Parachute Club jumped from a small plane. Helstrup had a wingsuit and was wearing two cameras on his helmet. About the time he released his parachute, he noticed something odd, though it didn’t quite register. It was much later, while reviewing the footage captured by these cameras that they realized how nearly he missed a meteorite.

A very interesting part of the video is how everyone in the video is smiling while talking of how this man narrowly escaped a space rock. Not that we disapprove, nothing untoward happened, and well, meteorites buzzing past people in the sky might get that reaction.

You can jump straight to the 1:50 minute mark in the video for the first glimpse of the meteorite.

Via NRK