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IndianInlaw

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Uninvited falling object.
« on: January 04, 2007, 11:56:15 AM »
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phred246

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Re: Uninvited falling object.
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2007, 12:06:26 PM »
The subject is in the Star-Ledger newspaper (Newark), also. Not much different than the web article or TV news, but it says that a number of news helicopters were flying all over the area, trying to find a house with a hole in the roof. The homeowners are not being identified to protect their privacy (and their property from being invaded by curiosity seekers).

Must have been a slow news day. This is the first recorded meteor strike in New Jersey for 175 years.
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Re: Uninvited falling object.
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2007, 02:52:42 PM »
Well these people have a story to tell for the next 75 years.  It hasn't been confirmed as a meterorite yet though?  Has it?
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« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2007, 03:40:00 PM »
It has not yet officially been declared a meteor (at least in the press), but they are positive it is not a piece of an airplane or Blue Ice. It does not have all of the typical characteristics of a meteor,  but enough for it to be highly likely.
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Re: Uninvited falling object.
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2007, 07:35:20 PM »
Quote from: phred246 on January 04, 2007, 12:06:26 PM
The subject is in the Star-Ledger newspaper (Newark), also. Not much different than the web article or TV news, but it says that a number of news helicopters were flying all over the area, trying to find a house with a hole in the roof. The homeowners are not being identified to protect their privacy (and their property from being invaded by curiosity seekers).

Must have been a slow news day. This is the first recorded meteor strike in New Jersey for 175 years.

yup, read it in the somerset county edition of the ledger.  I feel for the homeowners.  I can't believe news channels are sending out helicopters to find out who they are.   ::)  I guess no one is allowed to have privacy.
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« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2007, 11:05:54 AM »
According to yesterday's Star-Ledger, it has been officially declared a meteorite by three Rutgers University Geologists and an outside metallurgist. The "owners" are letting the local police department store the meteorite until they decide what to do with it.

A lot of slow news days around here!
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