Saturday, May 12, 2007

Probably space junk

Mysterious object probably space junk (AP)

In this Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2007 file photograph, an object is held by Freehold Township Police Lt. Robert Brightman during a news conference in Freehold Township, N.J. No one was injured when the object crashed through the roof of a Freehold Township home. The mysterious metallic object that crashed through the roof of a central New Jersey family's home earlier this year was not a meteorite after all, geologists said Friday May 11, 2007. While the object looks like a meteorite, scientists say it is a stainless steel alloy that does not occur in nature and is most likely 'orbital debris', perhaps remnants of a satellite, a rocket or some other spacecraft component. (AP Photo/Mike Derer, file)AP - A mysterious metallic object that crashed through the roof of a New Jersey home earlier this year was not a meteorite after all, but probably a piece of space junk, scientists said Friday.


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