Suspected space junk crashes into Florida man's home: 'Almost hit my son'

NASA engineers are currently analyzing the cylindrical plates.

A Florida man’s home was damaged when an alleged space object fell from the sky and crashed. The incident occurred on March 8 when a two-pound cylindrical object fell from the roof of a home in Naples, Florida. guardian the report said.

Notably, Alejandro Otero received a call from his son while on vacation, saying he heard a “huge noise” and large holes in the ceiling and floor. Fortunately, no one was injured in the ordeal.

“It was a loud sound. It almost hit my son. He heard it all from two rooms away. Something tore through the house and then left a big hole in the floor and ceiling,” Ott Mr. Luo told Blink news.

” “I’m shivering. I couldn’t believe it. What are the chances that an object would fall on my house with so much force and cause so much damage? I’m very grateful that no one was hurt,” he added.

The piece of metal is believed to be part of a discarded battery tray on the International Space Station. NASA scientists have recovered the fragments and are currently analyzing them. The object is suspected to be an EP-9 equipment tray.

“The EP-9 equipment pallet re-entered the Gulf of Mexico between Cancun and Cuba at 1929 UTC. This was the previous forecast window, but was a little northeast of the “most likely” portion of the path. Re-entry was a few minutes later atmosphere, it will reach Fort Myers,” astronomer Jonathan McDowell wrote on X.

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NASA spokesman Josh Finch saidtechnical art Analysis is underway “to determine its origin as quickly as possible.”

“More information will be available once the analysis is complete,” NASA added. If the object is found to be space junk, the agency could be held liable for damages.

“It would be even more interesting if the material was found not to have come from the United States. If it were a man-made space object launched into space by another country and caused damage to the Earth, that country would be liable.” University of Mississippi Aerospace Law Center Executive Director Michelle Hanlon said, Technology Arts Festival.

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