Manmade Hunk of Metal Crashes Through Roof in New Jersey

[Ian David]

Manmade Hunk of Metal Crashes Through Roof in New Jersey
By The Associated Press
posted: 18 July 2007
12:51 pm ET

BAYONNE, New Jersey (AP) - A hunk of metal that crashed through the roof of a New Jersey home has NASA, Federal Aviation Administration and even U.S. defense officials curious.

A man was watching television Tuesday when he heard a crash and saw a cloud of dust. In the next room, he found a hunk of gray metal, 3.5 inches (8.89 centimeters) by 5 inches (12.7 centimeters), with two hexagonal holes.

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FAA officials said it would not have fallen from a plane headed into or out of nearby Newark Liberty International Airport.

U.S. Air Force Major Costas Leonidou at the Pentagon said he could not identify the fallen object, either. "It could be Air Force, Navy, Marines, commercial. It could be anything,'' he said.

More:
http://www.space.com/news/ap_070718_bayonne_spacejunk.html

[frogcycle]

1. manmade?

this is definite? or is it better to use "manufactured" until the species of origin is provable??

:)

[Ian David]

2. But an official said it didn't look "Spacey." n/t

[frogcycle]

4. sounds like an in-depth evaluation to me! n/t

[Ezlivin]

3. First Contact

It has begun....

[mainegreen]

5. He should sell it on ebay.

He'll either get the cash to fix his house from the ebay curious, or the responsible party will demand he not sell it for whatever reason (military/top secret), and he can get them to pay for the damages.

[pitohui]

8. i hope so because insurance won't cover this

pretty sure meteors and the like are not covered by your homeowner's insurance

i can't imagine an ebay bidder paying enough to cover a new roof, i personally think the poor homeowner is screwed

the owner of the former satellite is not going to buy this guy a new roof, i guarantee that, plus what if it's an old u.s.s.r satellite? then there isn't even an existing gov't to come around and tell the guy "we have ways of making you not talk"

[Jersey Devil]

6. Here's a pic of the "manmade" hunk of metal

[Ian David]

10. My god... would THAT really be ALL it would take to convince you we were being visited by aliens?

How the light inside your refrigerator must have baffled you for days on end.

[friendly_iconoclast]

7. Cue "Space Junk" by Devo!

That's the second one I've heard of recently. There was an article about another case
like this recently in the New Yorker.

[smokey nj]

9. Mystery solved!!!

It was a piece from a commercial woodchipper.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--unidentifiedfalli0718jul18,0,1713305.story?coll=ny-region-apnewjersey