Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society/Volume 85/Meteorite in Malacca Straits
Meteorite in Malacca Straits.
On the morning of September 11th about 6.15 a.m., as I was lying in a berth on S. S. "Klang" facing the sea I suddenly saw a large ball of light, of dazzling brightness falling from the sky. Almost simultaneously there was a loud report resembling the firing of a large gun, as the meteorite struck the sea.
It could not have been more than 300 feet away.
The master, Captain MacDonald, stated that it would have sunk the ship had it struck her.
This occurrence took place when we were about one hour out of Port Swettenham on the voyage from Singapore.
A. L. Hoops.