A woman was quietly at home chatting with a friend, when she was suddenly hit by a blunt object. The events have taken place in Alsace, a French town, when a woman heard an impact on the roof of her house, and later on the ribs. The object that had hit her had come from space.

According to the outlet Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace, the impact caused the victim a bruise in the rib area. However, the blow only caused a minor injury, without any cut or any type of fracture.. “At first I thought it was an animal,” he details, although later he saw what looked like a “piece of cement.”

After an analysis by the French geologist Dr.. Thierry Rebmann, it was confirmed that it was a space object. However, it continues to be analyzed to confirm whether it is a meteorite or not.

Meteorites are fragments of space rock composed of stone and/or metals that survive during descent to Earth without disintegrating.. In the vast majority of cases, the rocks that fall to Earth do not hit any surface, as they disintegrate in the outer layers of the planet.

In general, it is very rare for a person to be struck by a meteorite.. According to a 2016 study by The Weather Channel, the odds of dying from a meteor impact are 1 in 250,000.. Therefore, it is more likely to die as a result of a tornado.