Saw that on the news myself amazing the size of the burn mark it left
Who knows what it is? It seems NASA should be able to work something out from the coordinates of last week's satellite collision.
Fireballs seen in the daytime are really rare. Wish I could've seen it.
And in a related story from Lush Knews®:
Feb 18, 2009 2:40 pm US/Eastern
FAA: Falling Metal Did Not Come From Airplane
JERSEY CITY (CBS) ―
The Federal Aviation Administration says a piece of hot metal that crashed through the roof of a Jersey City business did not come from an airplane.
FAA spokeswoman Arlene Salac says investigators examined the metal and determined it is made of cast iron, which is not used in airplanes. She says it's up to local authorities to determine where the object came from.
Owner Al Smith was fork-lifting a sofa onto a wooden storage platform around 10 a.m. at his moving company when he heard a sound he thought was a bomb.
A piece of warm metal the size of a brick came crashing through the roof just steps from where he was standing. It splintered a wooden beam and crashed into a shelf.
Smith tells WCBS radio that no one was injured. He plans buy a lottery ticket, saying it's his lucky day.
He says the metal is about the size of a brick and came crashing through the roof around 10 a.m.
Officials at the scene also confirmed to WCBS radio that the metal was too hot to touch for about 30 minutes after crashing through the roof.
Cast iron flying through space sounds like an old satellite/debris from the '60s.
What do you think?