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Wed, Oct 17, 2007

It Fell From Outer Space?

Officials At Loss To Explain Falling Metal

UFO watchers have a new topic for their internet forums. The FAA has ruled a 16-inch-long piece of metal, which fell from the sky in Delaware Monday, was not part of an airplane.

The object landed with enough force to blow right through the roof of an SUV, and was hot enough to still be smoldering when firefighters arrived.

"The metal was still too hot to handle," Delaware State Police spokesman Cpl. Jeff Whitmarsh told the Wilmington News-Journal. No one was injured.

Photos from the scene show a metal object that looks a little like a piece of construction rebar bent into the shape of the Greek letter omega. A witness told police the impact on the SUV sounded like an explosion.

Could it be a piece of space junk which re-entered after its orbit decayed?

Or is it a cotter pin from a huge alien spacecraft?

The FAA will investigate.

FMI: www.faa.gov

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