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Historical accounts reveal the existence of a strange sonic phenomenon in Santafé de Bogotá on the night of March 9, 1687. The intensity and novelty of the event frightened the local population, which at the moment could not explain the true nature of the "noise". As time went by, the riddle of the phenomenon has been accentuated. We propose here the theory that the sonic phenomenon was produced by the entry and subsequent destruction of a small meteoroid over the sky of the city. Such a proposal is supported by the historical accounts, comparisons with other similar sonic phenomena occurring in many places on Earth, and the fact that collisions of these small objects with the terrestrial atmosphere are relatively frequent.
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