Strasbourg: A car possibly pierced by... a meteoriteA car was found with a hole approximately 50 centimeters wide in the Alsatian capital. Firefighters and police are considering the possibility of a meteorite fall.
A projectile from space? In Strasbourg, Alsace, a vehicle was found with a hole 50 centimeters wide. On Monday, November 20, firefighters and police are questioning the possibility of a meteorite fall.
Firefighters were called in the early morning to deal with "smoke release from a car" parked in a peripheral neighborhood of the Alsatian city. "Following the reconnaissance by the first team, we suspect the fall of a celestial body," wrote the Bas-Rhin Fire and Rescue Department in its intervention report.
"Upon arrival, we observed a relatively significant impact, with a diameter of about 50 centimeters, which penetrated the roof, the lower part of the body, and the vehicle's tank," said Captain Matthieu Colobert to AFP. A search confirmed the absence of radioactivity. "We found no objects," he continued. Several hypotheses are possible: "Either the object was so small that we can't find it, or the impact was such that the object disintegrated and turned into dust," he suggested.
"We still have a suspicion about a pebble" about two centimeters wide found on the spot, he said. This pebble has been handed over to the police for further analysis to determine its nature. "It's an object the size of a hazelnut, resembling burnt wood, very light," a police spokesperson told AFP. He announced that the object would be sent to Paris to a forensic police service.
"Did an object come from space, that's the whole question," the police officer wondered. "Even a marble thrown at very high speed in descent can cause damage. But it still needs to be proven that it's an object from space," he tempered.
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