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NASA is investigating an object that a Florida resident says came from space and plummeted into his home last month.Alejandro Otero said a piece of equipment from the International Space Station hit his Naples home and <a href="https://x.com/Alejandro0tero/status/1768729031493427225?s=20" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">posted photos on X</a> in response to an astronomer who was tracking where and when the equipment entered Earth's atmosphere. Otero was on vacation but said the object caused significant damage and nearly stuck his son, local outlet <a href="https://winknews.com/2024/03/15/object-crashes-through-naples-ceiling-floor/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">WINK News</a> first reported."My son was home when the piece tore through the roof with a loud crash that could be heard on our security cameras as well," Otero told Fox News. "We cut our trip short to make it back home as quickly as possible, because we really didn’t know what happened at the time and it was quite a shock!""It was quite traumatic and there was quite a lot of damage to the house of course," he added.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/nasa-made-history-using-cat-video" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HOW NASA JUST MADE HISTORY USING A CAT VIDEO</a>Otero's social media posts included <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/tech/creepy-tool-lets-criminal-hackers-access-home-video-cameras" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nest security video footage</a> of the mid-afternoon crash in addition to photos of the cylindrical object. "It didn’t look like anything I had ever seen before," Otero told Fox News. "It looked like it had been burned up and scraped, and it was a heavy piece for its size."The astronomer, Jonathan McDowell, replied to Otero's post saying the time and location were consistent with predictions on where and when the equipment would enter the atmosphere. He also agreed that it appeared to be part of the EP-9 battery pallet."I thought it could have come from space, and sure enough, the research lined up to the batteries that were discharged from the ISS two years earlier," Otero said. In March 2021, <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/an-external-pallet-released-from-canadarm2-robotic-arm-3/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">NASA announced</a> that an external pallet of batteries had been released from the International Space Station 260 miles above Earth. NASA said the pallet would orbit Earth for around two to four years before burning up in the atmosphere without causing harm. <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/international-space-station-astronauts-redefine-right-stuff-modern-era" target="_blank" rel="noopener">INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ASTRONAUTS REDEFINE ‘THE RIGHT STUFF’ FOR THE MODERN ERA</a>A NASA spokesperson told Fox News on Wednesday that the space agency was <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/science/mystery-light-nasas-telescope-picked-around-failed-star" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigating the object</a> and the causes of the crash."NASA collected an item in cooperation with the homeowner on March 28, and will analyze the object at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as soon as possible to determine its origin," NASA Deputy News Chief Jennifer Dooren said in a statement. "More information will be available once the analysis is complete."Otero previously pleaded on X last month for NASA's help and for any <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/tech/read-hal-space-agencies-weigh-pairing-astronauts-deep-space-ai-companions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responsible agencies</a> to cover the damage caused, but told Fox News his insurance is covering the repairs. The <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/science/mysterious-sound-plaguing-florida-neighborhood-mom-trying-get-bottom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florida resident</a> said the experience terrified his family, but was thankful there weren't any serious injuries. "This is just such an astonishing event that makes us all stop and think about the future," Otero told Fox News. "We have good starting point for a discussion on how to do space in a responsible way, because this near-miss incident is a warning signal to the space community."

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title: Florida man says space object crashed into his house. Why NASA is taking him
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content: NASA is investigating an object that a Florida resident says came from
 space and plummeted into his home last month.Alejandro Otero said a piece
 of equipment from the International Space Station hit his Naples home and <a href="https://x.com/Alejandro0tero/status/1768729031493427225?s=20"
 target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">posted photos on X</a> in response to an
 astronomer who was tracking where and when the equipment entered Earth's atmosphere.
 Otero was on vacation but said the object caused significant damage and nearly stuck
 his son, local outlet <a href="https://winknews.com/2024/03/15/object-crashes-through-naples-ceiling-floor/"
 target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">WINK News</a> first reported."My
 son was home when the piece tore through the roof with a loud crash that could be
 heard on our security cameras as well," Otero told Fox News. "We cut our trip short
 to make it back home as quickly as possible, because we really didn’t know what
 happened at the time and it was quite a shock!""It was quite traumatic and
 there was quite a lot of damage to the house of course," he added.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/nasa-made-history-using-cat-video"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">HOW NASA JUST MADE HISTORY USING A CAT
 VIDEO</a>Otero's social media posts included <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/tech/creepy-tool-lets-criminal-hackers-access-home-video-cameras"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nest security video footage</a> of the mid-afternoon
 crash in addition to photos of the cylindrical object. "It didn’t look like
 anything I had ever seen before," Otero told Fox News. "It looked like it had been
 burned up and scraped, and it was a heavy piece for its size."The astronomer,
 Jonathan McDowell, replied to Otero's post saying the time and location were consistent
 with predictions on where and when the equipment would enter the atmosphere. He
 also agreed that it appeared to be part of the EP-9 battery pallet."I thought
 it could have come from space, and sure enough, the research lined up to the batteries
 that were discharged from the ISS two years earlier," Otero said. In March
 2021, <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/an-external-pallet-released-from-canadarm2-robotic-arm-3/"
 target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">NASA announced</a> that an external pallet
 of batteries had been released from the International Space Station 260 miles above
 Earth. NASA said the pallet would orbit Earth for around two to four years before
 burning up in the atmosphere without causing harm. <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/international-space-station-astronauts-redefine-right-stuff-modern-era"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ASTRONAUTS
 REDEFINE ‘THE RIGHT STUFF’ FOR THE MODERN ERA</a>A NASA spokesperson
 told Fox News on Wednesday that the space agency was <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/science/mystery-light-nasas-telescope-picked-around-failed-star"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigating the object</a> and the causes of the
 crash."NASA collected an item in cooperation with the homeowner on March
 28, and will analyze the object at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as soon
 as possible to determine its origin," NASA Deputy News Chief Jennifer Dooren said
 in a statement. "More information will be available once the analysis is complete."Otero
 previously pleaded on X last month for NASA's help and for any <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/tech/read-hal-space-agencies-weigh-pairing-astronauts-deep-space-ai-companions"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">responsible agencies</a> to cover the damage caused,
 but told Fox News his insurance is covering the repairs. The <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/science/mysterious-sound-plaguing-florida-neighborhood-mom-trying-get-bottom"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florida resident</a> said the experience terrified
 his family, but was thankful there weren't any serious injuries. "This is
 just such an astonishing event that makes us all stop and think about the future,"
 Otero told Fox News. "We have good starting point for a discussion on how to do
 space in a responsible way, because this near-miss incident is a warning signal
 to the space community."
summary: NASA has launched an investigation into an object that a Florida man says
 crashed through his roof from space, nearly hitting his son and causing major damage.
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