It's a meteorite, people! What is
wrong with New Jersey? Gawd,read a book.
Read the article'slast sentence. Duhhh! Lol, sorry, I just found this ridiculous. I can imagine Chief Wiggum holding a press conference in downtown Springfield, inciting reporters to ooh and ahh at the mysterious, easily indentifiable (by appearance and process of elimination), and not all that uncommon object.
Mrs. Six suggested it might have something to do with tardfarmer's missing tinfoil hat, but I sincerely doubt it.
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Metal object crashes through N.J. home
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070104/ap_on_fe_st/fallen_object