a very fast object hit my roof today & it made a 8 inch diameter hole in the reinforced concrete " which is 15 inch thick" i found it later in the house it is red & glowing but its not hot ,looks like a rock but sounds like metal ..could this be a piece of a meteor ?
2007-07-31 00:09:27 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Meteors usually have some melted material on their surface, usually metalic. See if it does.
2007-07-31 00:18:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The facts in your question do not add up. Only bomb shelters and bunkers are made with 15 inch thick reinforced concrete. Meteors small enough to make an 8 inch hole in a roof do not hit hard enough to go through 15 inches of reinforced concrete. No rock can glow red and be cool at the same time. Meteors are often cool when they land but they do not glow red. Neither does space junk (parts of reentering satellites) or parts that fall off airplanes, both of which have been known to hit houses. So I think you are making this whole story up.
2007-07-31 02:38:46 · answer #2 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sir:
I am not sure from your statement exactly what occurred. And, you failed to tell us where you live.
The object that hit your house could have been a stray shell from some military activity, terrorist activity, debris from a falling space machine of some kind, a part that fell off of an aircraft flying overhead, or any number of things. It could also have been a meteorite.
Examine the meteorite carefully. Is it smooth and shiny anywhere on the surface? = not a meteorite.
Is it regularly shaped like a square, or triangle, with round holes bored into it? = not a meteorite.
Is it a dark colored, melted, charred mass, with all kinds of little bumps all over it? = could be a meteorite or falling space debris.
Be very careful that it is not an item of unexploded ordinance - mortar round, artillery round, shoulder fired rocket launcher round, etc. Picking up such a device may be lethal - item explode. DANGER.
2007-07-31 01:08:55 · answer #3 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The exact same thing happened to a friend of mine the other day, but if it sounds like metal it may be a part of a satellite or something.
2007-07-31 00:18:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your "which is 15 inch thick" expression has quotation marks around it. Why? Are you quoting someone?
2007-07-31 13:12:21 · answer #5 · answered by Mark 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and if it is HOW COOL!!! Dangerous, but cool. I guess we'll all see you on the news.
2007-07-31 00:12:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll see you on TV, right?
2007-08-03 12:04:54 · answer #7 · answered by book writer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have found the last mimzy
sorry the 'Second-to-Last Mimzy'
2007-07-31 00:13:10 · answer #8 · answered by Jon A 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
wow! your lucky!!
2007-07-31 00:39:56 · answer #9 · answered by hamster-de-combat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋