The 1490 Ch'ing-yang event was a natural disaster caused by what unusual event?

The Ch'ing-yang event of 1490 is one of the only recorded instances of a meteor shower causing multiple deaths. Though the history is disputed, one source claims that more than 10,000 people were struck dead by meteors hurtling from the sky to the earth in what is now Gansu, China.

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