Possible meteorite smashes through roof of New Jersey home: police

HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, N.J. (WPIX) – A metallic object believed to be a meteorite struck the roof of a house Monday in Hopewell Township, New Jersey, police stated. 

The item crashed right into a ranch-style dwelling situated on Outdated Washington Crossing Pennington Street, breaking via the roof and ceiling earlier than touchdown on the hardwood flooring, police stated.

The Hopewell Township Police Division is in touch with a number of different businesses for help in figuring out the article, as it could be associated to a present meteor bathe referred to as the Eta Aquariids.

No accidents had been reported and the investigation is ongoing.

The household that owns the house stated the article “ricocheted” all through a bed room after penetrating the roof. Resident Suzy Kop, talking with a Philadelphia CBS affiliate KYW-TV, stated the rock was “nonetheless heat” when she discovered it inside her father’s room.

“I thank God that my father was not right here, nobody was right here, we weren’t damage or something,” Kop advised the outlet.

The continued Eta Aquariids meteor bathe started in mid-April and concludes round Might 27. The American Meteor Society predicted 2023’s peak to happen round Might 6.