Ball of ice from the sky crashes through roof of California home

UPI ^ | AUG. 31, 2023 / 12:29 PM | By Ben Hooper

[Red Badger]

VIDEO AT LINK..................

Aug. 31 (UPI) -- A large chunk of ice crashed through the roof of a California couple's home and they said authorities have thus far not been able to tell them where it came from.

Jon LeClair said he was working outside near his truck about 10:30 p.m. Aug. 8 when the ice chunk crashed through the roof of his Big Bear house and landed in the attic.

"It was almost like a sonic boom. It was huge," he told KABC-TV. "My wife came out and she thinks somebody's breaking into the house. I said I don't think so; it was like a cannon shot."

LeClair and his wife, Renae, soon discovered there was a 24-inch diameter hole in their roof and a bowling ball-sized piece of ice in their attic.

LeClair said he initially suspected it was a piece of a meteorite, but he now suspects it may have fallen from a plane.

"I'm thinking plane, but it's so warm, how can that happen? I know it's 40,000 feet up, but we're pretty warm down here. I don't know," he said.

The couple said they haven't been able to reach the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board said the ice chunk does not fall under their purview.

"I filed a report with the sheriff's department and they're just scratching their heads," LeClair said.

Ice balls that fall from airplanes are known as megacryometeors and have been known to impact the ground several times a year. A suspected megacryometeor left a sizable dent in a green at the Belvoir Park Golf Club in Victoria, Australia, on Aug. 15.

[Trueblackman]

Booty Juice!

[Red Badger]

Don’t say it THREE TIMES!................

[rlmorel]

Were you ever abducted and probed?

If so, did you pay good money for that?

[I want the USA back]

If it’s blue don’t drink it.

[Nervous Tick]

Were you ever abducted and probed?...did you pay good money for that?

I don't remember any such, but apparently someone filmed it... and my wallet went missing.

[pas]

What? Booty Juice!

[Red Badger]

With Chocolate Sprinkles!...............

[GOPJ]

Planes dumping toilet ice?

[Red Badger]

What happens is a seal leaks on the exterior connection of the aircraft where the sewage is pumped out. As the plane flies at cruise altitude, around 25-35k feet, the temperature is -80°F and the liquid freezes almost instantly and sticks to the skin of the plane.

As the plane descends to land, the temperature rises and the nasty ice falls off, usually in a remote wooded area, never seen by anybody but bears and deer................

[rlmorel]

ROTFLMAO!

[chopperk]

That chunk of ice fell off of an airliner whose water drain is leaking in flight. The chunk of frozen water got so heavy it just broke loose. HEADS UP!

[EEGator]

It’s Dir-te…

[Will88]

Stories like this remind me of an incident that happened in Sylacauga, Al. in 1954. Not far from my home town. If anyone ever asks you where the only known incident of a meteorite striking a human took place, you'll know the answer.

In 1954, an Extraterrestrial Bruiser Shocked This Alabama Woman

[Red Badger]

At least one more has happened since then......................

[Will88]

Could be. The Smithsonian article is from November 26, 2019.

[Red Badger]

Some guy in India supposed killed by a Meteor...........

[Will88]

It looks like there was some disagreement about what killed the man in India. Don't see an article that seems to be conclusive.

Man in India hit by Meteorite?

[Red Badger]

Yes, NASA says no.

So it probably was.....................😜

[SunkenCiv]

Global warming.

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