Psst! Sounds like a meteor: in the debate about whether or not meteors make noise, skeptics have had the upper hand until now

Natural History, July-August, 2002 by Alan Burdick

Meanwhile, Garaj, Vinkovic, and their colleagues are on the hunt for more hard evidence. They'll set up their recording equipment again this November (though probably not in Mongolia), when another flashy Leonid show is expected. They've also begun designing an unmanned device that will automatically record both visual and audio traces of meteors. It will enable them to catch more sounds with less effort--and perhaps to catch some sleep.

Alan Burdick is writing a book about nature for Farrar, Straus and Giroux.