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They said that the fireball was as heavy as an elephant.
The speed of the velocity of this, they said, was not 72,000, not 75,000 miles per hour, but 42,000 miles per hour.
The density, it was kind of dense, 8,000 kilograms per cubic meter.
So they said this was consistent with an iron meteorite.
And I mean, I've seen iron meteorites up close.
They are amazing things.
They just seem like they are glued to the earth.
They are so ridiculously heavy.
And they also said that this did not just disintegrate in the atmosphere.
They said that it fell in Cape Cod Bay.
NASTRA Astro Materials Research and Exploration Science Division said...
This fall into water is technically called a fishy squisher.
A fishy squisher?
A fishy squisher.
Because it squishes the fish?
You know, that's kind of funny and goofy.
I think I could have come up with something a little better.
But okay, it's fishy squisher.
So I'll end with my experience with this.
I am on stage at the extravaganza in Madison.