Japan, exact location unknown — 24 March 639
Noisy star
A big star flew from east to west with a roar like thunder. Min, a Buddhist priest, said it was star Amagitune, which is said to mean, “Fox lives in the sky.” In spite of the reported sound, we would argue this was a meteor. For a long time, scientists discounted reports of sounds in connection with meteors, because the speed of sound is so slow compared to light that any sound should only be audible well after the passage of the meteor. Only recently was it realized that the perception of sound can be created inside the skull of the witness by microwaves propagating at the same speed as the light itself.
Source: Morihiro Saitho, Nihon-Tenmonshiriyou, Chapter 7, “Meteor, The messenger from space.” Case: W481