Stupid Hippies!
Mark Sherman: Not very. I just work for them. On loan. Sort of like a library book. No, actually I'm with SETI. Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.
Bell: You attached to National Security?
Sherman: Not very. I just work for them.
Bell: So they're sending you guys out on meteorites now?
Sherman: Only when they change course.
Bell: Change course? Can they do that?
Sherman: This one did. So they tell me. Twice.
Either that or some airhead over at NORAD misread a glitch on his monitor. It also came down slower than suborbital speed. So, naturally, they decided to fire some missiles at it.