Thu, Jan 04, 2007
Authorities Have Yet To Identify Source
A
metal object the size of a golf ball weighing nearly a pound
punched though the roof of a home in Monmouth County, NJ leaving
authorities not only wondering where it came from, but even what it
is.
Police on Wednesday displayed the object, said to be
rough-feeling with a metallic glint. Lieutenant Robert Brightman
told the Associated Press, "There's some great interest in what we
have here. It's rather unusual. I haven't seen anything like it in
my career."
Yesterday morning authorities received a call from the
unidentified homeowners the objects had fallen through their roof
and into a bathroom where it damaged tiles on the floor before
bouncing and sticking in a wall.
The family told police they don't wish to talk to the media and
the police are withholding their name and address. The homeowner
did tell authorities he wasn't at home at the time the object
crashed through his roof, but his mother was. When she told him
something had hit the roof after he came home from work, he
investigated and found the object late Tuesday evening.
FAA spokeswoman Arlene Murray said the agency sent an
investigator to the scene who was unable to identify the
object.
Astronomy professor Carlton Pryor with Rutgers University told
the Associated Press something like 20 to 50 celestial objects fall
to the Earth every day. Although Pryor hasn't seen the object in
question, he says, "It's not all that uncommon to have rocks rain
down from heaven. These are usually rocky or a mixture of rock and
metal."
Pryor said lab tests could positively determine if the object is
a meteorite.
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