Florida man says space object crashed into his home. Why NASA is taking him seriously

NASA is investigating an object {that a} Florida resident says got here from space and plummeted into his residence final month.

Alejandro Otero stated a chunk of apparatus from the International Space Station hit his Naples residence and posted photographs on X in response to an astronomer who was monitoring the place and when the gear entered Earth’s ambiance. Otero was on trip however stated the object precipitated vital harm and almost caught his son, native outlet WINK News first reported.

“My son was home when the piece tore through the roof with a loud crash that could be heard on our security cameras as well,” Otero informed Fox News. “We cut our trip short to make it back home as quickly as possible, because we really didn’t know what happened at the time and it was quite a shock!”

“It was quite traumatic and there was quite a lot of damage to the house of course,” he added.

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Otero’s social media posts included Nest safety video footage of the mid-afternoon crash along with photographs of the cylindrical object. 

“It didn’t look like anything I had ever seen before,” Otero informed Fox News. “It looked like it had been burned up and scraped, and it was a heavy piece for its size.”

An obscure, alleged space object fell by means of a Florida man’s residence and almost hit his son on March 8.  (Courtesy: Alejandro Otero)

The astronomer, Jonathan McDowell, replied to Otero’s put up saying the time and site had been in keeping with predictions on the place and when the gear would enter the ambiance. He additionally agreed that it seemed to be a part of the EP-9 battery pallet.

“I thought it could have come from space, and sure enough, the research lined up to the batteries that were discharged from the ISS two years earlier,” Otero stated. 

In March 2021, NASA introduced that an exterior pallet of batteries had been launched from the International Space Station 260 miles above Earth. NASA stated the pallet would orbit Earth for round two to 4 years earlier than burning up within the ambiance with out inflicting hurt. 

An exterior pallet full of outdated nickel-hydrogen batteries was launched from the Canadarm2 robotic arm because the International Space Station orbited above the Pacific Ocean west of Central America in 2021. (Courtesy: NASA / JSC)

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A NASA spokesperson informed Fox News on Wednesday that the space company was investigating the object and the causes of the crash.

“NASA collected an item in cooperation with the homeowner on March 28, and will analyze the object at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as soon as possible to determine its origin,” NASA Deputy News Chief Jennifer Dooren stated in a press release. “More information will be available once the analysis is complete.”

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Otero beforehand pleaded on X final month for NASA’s assist and for any accountable businesses to cowl the harm precipitated, however informed Fox News his insurance coverage is protecting the repairs. The Florida resident stated the expertise terrified his household, however was grateful there weren’t any severe accidents. 

“This is just such an astonishing event that makes us all stop and think about the future,” Otero informed Fox News. “We have good starting point for a discussion on how to do space in a responsible way, because this near-miss incident is a warning signal to the space community.”