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

[Ron Baalke]

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.