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Yes. They are the largest source of extraterrestrial mass. https://www.sciencealert.com/5-200-tons-of-micrometeorites-a...

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And one has been caught on film (we think) https://www.universetoday.com/110963/norwegian-skydiver-almo....

There’s also a nice coffee table book about them:

https://www.amazon.com/Search-Stardust-Micrometeorites-Terre...

Damn nearly getting cut in half by a meteor while skydiving!

"Ann Elizabeth Fowler Hodges...was an American woman known for being the first documented individual not only to be struck by a meteorite, but also to live through the encounter."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Elizabeth_Fowler_Hodges

> one has been caught on film

apparently it was just a rock[0]

[0]https://www.universetoday.com/111076/follow-up-on-skydiving-...

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