Mars Rocks Fell in Africa in July 2011. In July 2011, the 18th, mars rocks fell in Morocco as a bright fireball observed in the region of Tata by several local people at about 2 am local time (H. Chennaoui Aoudjehane and A. Aaronson) Few months later in October 2011, nomads began to find several fusion-crusted stones, confirmed by scientists to be pieces of a Shergottite, a martian meteorite, a true mars rock!