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Likely meteorite crashes through New Jersey home
UPI ^ | MAY 9, 2023 / 11:40 AM | By Brian Lada, Accuweather.com

Posted on 05/10/2023 8:08:46 AM PDT by Red Badger

A photo of the suspected meteorite that hit a home in New Jersey on May 8, 2023. Photo courtesy Hopewell Township Police Department/Facebook

The week started with a bang for a homeowner in New Jersey after a likely meteorite blasted a hole through a house early Monday afternoon.

A metallic rock fell out of the sky and hit a house in Hopewell Township, N.J., located approximately 10 miles north of Trenton. The Hopewell Township Police Department responded to the incident and confirmed that the oblong-shaped rock damaged the building.

"It penetrated the roof, the ceiling and then impacted the hardwood floor before coming to a rest," the police department said. No one was injured during the incident.

An investigation is underway to identify the rock and to determine if it is indeed from space. Scientists will closely examine the rock, which appears to have a charred exterior and measures approximately 4 inches by 6 inches.

The Hopewell Township Police Department said that the meteorite could be related to the recent peak of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower, but it is still unclear if the two events are related.

Smaller space rocks typically burn up and disintegrate when entering Earth's atmosphere, but larger rocks can make it to the surface of the planet. Space rocks that reach the surface of the Earth are called meteorites.

Contrary to popular belief, many meteorites that hit the ground are not hot enough to start a fire. According to the American Meteor Society, meteors like the one that fell in New Jersey may be warm when they hit the Earth, but "probably reach the ground at only slightly above ambient temperature."

Although it's extremely rare for a meteorite to hit a house, there have been several notable incidents in the past.

On Oct. 3, 2021, a softball-sized meteorite crashed through a house in British Columbia, Canada, landing in a bed just inches away from a woman who wasing.

One of the most famous meteorite crashes in recent U.S. history took place on Oct. 9, 1992, when a 26-pound space rock hit a car parked in a driveway in Peekskill, New York, just north of New York City. The vehicle became world famous and was on display in several museums, including France's National Museum of Natural History.


TOPICS: Astronomy; History; Science; UFO's
KEYWORDS: astronomy; catastrophism; etaaquarids; hopewelltownship; meteor; meteorite; meteorites; meteors; newjersey; science
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To: Roccus

US 1 goes right thru the middle of it!.................


21 posted on 05/10/2023 8:52:06 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger; 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; ...
Thanks Red Badger.


...could be related to the recent peak of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower...

22 posted on 05/10/2023 8:53:30 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: Red Badger

If you want to be really picayune about it if it hasn’t touched the ground it’s still a meteor.


23 posted on 05/10/2023 8:56:24 AM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: Red Badger

At least it’s not...https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EuuJLvpnGIc&pp=ygU8dGhlIHJhaWxyb2FkIHJ1bnMgdGhyb3VnaCB0aGUgbWlkZGxlIG9mIHRoZSBob3VzZSBhbG1hIGNvZ2Fu


24 posted on 05/10/2023 8:58:16 AM PDT by Roccus (Veritas, non verba magistri)
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To: Red Badger

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/1954-extraterrestrial-bruiser-shocked-alabama-woman-180973646/


25 posted on 05/10/2023 9:00:20 AM PDT by ph_balanced
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To: Hatteras

These days everyone always seems to be talking about “being in the present”. What’s wrong with a little wasing every once in a while? The past tense is underrated IMHO.


26 posted on 05/10/2023 9:04:33 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: Bob434; SunkenCiv; one guy in new jersey

I would really hate to be that constipated.

Anyone have more recent info on the meteorite fall in eastern West Virginia a few years ago? I was at my country place when I was startled by a huge explosion. I thought it might be a very large blast at a quarry about 2 miles away. Next day everyone was talking about it at a community meeting. Reports here at that time did not make it sound so close to where I was, perhaps ten to 20 miles distant. Wow, was it loud.


27 posted on 05/10/2023 9:23:16 AM PDT by gleeaikin (Question authority!)
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To: Red Badger

“I can sooner believe that a couple of Yankee professors lied than rocks fall from the sky.” - Thomas Jefferson


28 posted on 05/10/2023 9:24:30 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.)
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To: Red Badger

Nice payout on that if they play their cards right...


29 posted on 05/10/2023 9:25:18 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: gundog
Think San Francisco, and much, much bigger rock.

Keep that positive attitude!

30 posted on 05/10/2023 9:25:46 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.)
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To: one guy in new jersey
“On Oct. 3, 2021, a softball-sized meteorite crashed through a house in British Columbia, Canada, landing in a bed just inches away from a woman who wasing.” It can be tough to pay close attention to one’s surroundings while one is wasing.

That's EXACTLY why I never was.

31 posted on 05/10/2023 9:26:15 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: Menehune56; Red Badger

I always lie in bed to do my wasing. The bigger question is who was she wasing with?


32 posted on 05/10/2023 9:29:12 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else…)
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To: Red Badger

To get through the shingles, the roof sheathing, attic insulation, ceiling sheetrock and still hit the oak hardwood floor do to that damage? That rock was really moving!

It coulda killed somebody. (especially if they were wasing where the rock hit)


33 posted on 05/10/2023 9:31:09 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else…)
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To: Red Badger

Yikes! Checking my homeowners policy now for coverage.


34 posted on 05/10/2023 9:33:44 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Meteors usually hit the atmosphere doing about 50k mph.............


35 posted on 05/10/2023 9:34:18 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: FreeReign

Look for an ‘Acts of God’ clause....................


36 posted on 05/10/2023 9:34:55 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

It’s a lot more likely that it was a Bigfoot who are known to throw rocks.


37 posted on 05/10/2023 9:35:30 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Sirius Lee

Bigfoot?......In New Jersey?.....................


38 posted on 05/10/2023 9:36:21 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: gleeaikin
this was in 2001

NWS: Meteor possibly exploded over West Virginia

link to News Site Report on it

39 posted on 05/10/2023 9:38:52 AM PDT by Bob434 (question )
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To: Red Badger

The Jersey Devil ate all the bigfoots in NJ


40 posted on 05/10/2023 9:39:33 AM PDT by Bob434 (question )
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