The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said Thursday it is investigating the origin of an object that crashed through the roof of a Florida home, according to the Associated Press.
NASA is investigating whether a strange object that crashed through a roof in Florida on March 8, 2024 is space debris from Earth. international space station, according to To AP. The agency took the object to Kennedy Space Center for testing. NASA spokesman Josh Finch said they are currently investigating and will share their findings at a later date. Because such space debris typically burns up once it enters Earth’s atmosphere, the impact on this rare home is significant.
“More information will be available once the analysis is complete,” Finch said, according to the Associated Press.
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Alejandro Otero, the owner of the house, detailed the discovery his son made while away on vacation. Otero rushed home after his son discovered that a cylindrical object weighing about 2 pounds had crashed through the roof of the house. according to To TV station WINK. “It was a huge noise. It almost hit his son. He was two rooms over and heard everything,” Otero told WINK. “Something ripped through the house and made a big hole in the floor and ceiling. When we heard it, we thought it couldn’t be possible, but we immediately thought it was a meteorite.” (Related: Plane crashes at Florida mobile home park, causing multiple fires and fatalities, authorities say)
“I was shaking. I was in complete disbelief,” Otero added, according to WINK. “What are the chances that something could fall on my house with such force and cause this much damage? “I’m really thankful that no one was hurt.”
