[meteorite-list] Metal Object That Fell Through Roof of Dallas Home Was Part Of A Tree-Mulching Machine

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:56:55 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <200902280056.QAA24449_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.startribune.com/nation/40426837.html

Object that fell through roof of Dallas home was
part of a tree-mulching machine, police say

Associated Press
February 27, 2009

DALLAS - Police say a 6-pound chunk of metal that
crashed through the roof of a Dallas home was part
of a machine that was grinding up an unwanted tree
nearby.

Sgt. Gil Cerda says: "Mystery solved." So much for
the theory it could have been a piece of debris
from this month's collision of Russian and U.S.
satellites.

Cerda says the metal chunk was a grinding tip of a
mulching machine being used by a tree disposal
service crew. No one was hurt when it went flying
Tuesday.

Senior Cpl. Janice Crowther said no charges will
be filed against the business because it was an
accident.

The satellite debris theory also came up when a
fireball streaked across the Texas sky Feb. 15.
That turned out to be a meteorite. It also
surfaced last week when a piece of metal crashed
through a New Jersey warehouse. That was another
errant piece of a mulching machine.
Received on Fri 27 Feb 2009 07:56:55 PM PST