(meteorobs) maybe a meteorite hit in New Jersey?

[Arlene Carol]

Darn it, i miss all the fun!! we used to live in the next county...
Amazing, isn't it.. a piece of ancient history falls into someone's
life 'just like that'..

i hope they can sell it to pay for repairs to their house.

i have a question...does normal householder insurance
cover things like this???

arlene
now living south of troy
in turkey...a far far way from NJ.

On 1/6/07, meteors at eclipse.net <meteors at eclipse.net> wrote:
>
> The object in question has been examined by three Rutgers University
> Geologists and a metalurgist, and been confirmed to be an Iron type
> meteorite.
>
> It's the first documented fall in NJ since 1829!!
>
> I hope to get a chance to see it in person someday!
>
> Wayne
>
>
> > Being from Jersey, I've been following this. Found a picture on the
> MSNBC
> > website (under "Strange News"). Looks rather coppery golden colored.
> > Reports say it was the size of a golf ball, but the picture in the
> > newspaper seemed to show it being maybe 3 inches in diameter. Still
> > investigating :)
> >
> >
> >> "Unidentified Object Crashes Into N.J. Home" -
> >> http://www.nbc10.com/news/10664894/detail.html
> >>
> >> Very brief story about a metal object crashing into a
> >> house in Monmouth County, New Jersey, with a so-so
> >> photograph.  The brief video is not bad - a fairly
> >> good look at the object, which just looks like a kind
> >> of shiny metallic rock.
> >>
> >> Ed Cannon - Austin, Texas, USA
> >>
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