'They [the police] were afraid that, you know, because it fell from the sky, was it radioactive?' Luckily, it wasn't. Full story:
A view of the 4-inch-by-6-inch suspected meteorite that crashed into a Hopewell Township, New Jersey, home.to get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists.
Imagine the surprise on Suzy Kop's face when she returned to her New Jersey home and found a hole in the second-floor ceiling, a divot in the floor and a strange rock that was warm to the touch in the corner. Kop, who lives in Hopewell Township, New Jersey, said that the police had a hard time believing what she suspected: that a meteorite had come crashing down from space and into her father's bedroom.Could we have a type of residue on us? So they scanned us and everything came back clear," Kop told CBS Philadelphia.The dark, metallic rock is 4 inches by 6 inches and weighs roughly 4 pounds and was warm when Kop touched it.
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