Documents recently declassified by the DoD confirm the first known meteor from outside our solar system crashed into the ocean in 2014.
✖ The first known interstellar object crashed into Earth in 2014, recently declassified government documents confirm. A meteor crashed into the South Pacific Ocean near Papua New Guinea, and researchers studying the fall hypothesized it could be an item from a location in space outside of our immediate solar system. Now, a document released by the United States Department of Defense confirms that item was, in fact, from infinity.
6/ “I had the pleasure of signing a memo with @ussfspoc’s Chief Scientist, Dr. Mozer, to confirm that a previously-detected interstellar object was indeed an interstellar object, a confirmation that assisted the broader astronomical community.” pic.twitter.com/PGlIOnCSrW "I get a kick out of just thinking about the fact that we have interstellar material that was delivered to Earth, and we know where it is," Siraj said in a call with Vice News."One thing that I'm going to be checking—and I'm already talking to people about—is whether it is possible to search the ocean floor off the coast of Papua New Guinea and see if we can get any fragments.
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