FOX News: Meteorite crashes through roof in Connecticut, scientist says

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Meteorite crashes through roof in Connecticut, scientist says Apr 24th 2013, 05:42 Published April 24, 2013 Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. –  A Yale scientist says a rock that crashed through the roof of a home in Wolcott was a meteorite. Police say resident Larry Bech called them Saturday morning to report that his home had been damaged by a falling rock the night before. Authorities suspected the object was a piece of runway from a nearby airport. But Stefan Nicolescu, the collections manager for the Mineralogy Division at the Yale Peabody Museum, examined the rock and tells WVIT-TV it is a meteorite. Nicolescu says the meteorite likely comes from the Lyrids meteor shower, which happens every year at this time when Earth crosses the orbit of comet Thatcher.

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