A New Jersey family’s home may have been subject to a meteorite crash, though thankfully no one was hurt.
As reported by CBS News Philadelphia, the family discovered a metallic object that is believed to be a meteorite in their house, after it managed to leave a hole in the building’s roof earlier this week. The potential meteorite, black in colour and potato-sized, was discovered in the corner of a bedroom, having apparently smashed into a hardwood floor before bouncing around the room.
No one in the family was hurt by the ordeal, and there wasn’t any serious damage done to the property aside from the hole in the roof, according to police in Hopewell Township, north of the state capital Trenton. If you’re looking for something more specific than potato-sized, it measures roughly 4 by 6 inches (10 by 15 centimeters), coming to roughly four pounds (1.8 kilograms) in weight.