Mysterious Object Probably Space Junk

May 11, 2007 By JANET FRANKSTON LORIN , Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- A mysterious metallic object that crashed through the roof of a New Jersey home earlier this year was not a meteorite after all, but probably a piece of space junk, scientists said Friday.

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