RSOE EDIS: USA - Cosmic Event - 2010.01.22

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2010-01-22 04:17:07 - Cosmic Event - USA EDIS CODE: CO-20100122-24649-USA Date & Time: 2010-01-22 04:17:07 [UTC] Area: USA, State of Virginia, Williamsburg Square Family Practice, Lorton Damage level: Low (Level 1) Not confirmed information! Description: A Virginia doctor said a meteorite crashed through the roof of his office building and trashed a room only 10 feet from where he was filling out paperwork. Frank Ciampi said he was in his office at Williamsburg Square Family Practice in Lorton, where he has worked for 18 years, just after 5:30 p.m. Monday when he heard a sound "almost like a small explosion" from elsewhere in the building, reported Thursday. Ciampi said he found examination room No. 2, which is only about 10 feet from his office, and the hallway outside its door was littered with debris with the ceiling and walls and three chunks of stone on the floor. Cari Corrigan, a planetary scientist at the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of Natural History, confirmed the stones comprised a meteorite about the size of a tennis ball. She said meteorites similar to the one that hit Ciampi's office fall to Earth "fairly often." "We're bombarded by stuff like that all the time," she said. Posted:2010-01-22 04:17:07 [UTC] Please DO NOT reply to this message: replies may be treated as errors and result in your subscription being deleted. If you have trouble or other queries, send email to havaria@rsoe.hu RSOE EDIS is operated by the National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications (RSOE), Budapest, Hungary. Because of the complexity of this system and its dependence on other systems, we cannot be responsible for delays or failures in forwarding or transmission. You're receiving this AlertMail because you subscribed for the service. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. Contact: havaria@rsoe.hu