© NBC New YorkA 5-by-5 inch piece of metal that appears to be made of ceramic, metal and rubberlike layers fell from the sky.
The employees at Secaucus Treatment Works said the 5-by-5 inch piece of metal debris hit a railing, ricocheted off a concrete tank, then hit the ground. It landed about 25 feet from where employees were working.
"It came close. It came pretty close," said employee Victor Suppa.
It "could have killed somebody, absolutely" if it hit anyone, added operations foreman Steven Bronowich.
The workers said the object isn't part of the plant and there were no planes in the sky at the time. They were afraid to touch it at first, but they later picked it up and examined it.
They went online in search of answers and came up with all sorts of theories.
"We went on the website and we looked up space shuttle tiles, and you could see that picture there, it basically matches up with that," said Bronowich.
It seems unlikely; the last space shuttle mission was more than three years ago. So far, no one has been able to give employees a theory that seems to fit.
Employees handed the tile over to the county health department. Officials there tell NBC 4 New York it appears to be made of ceramic, metal and rubberlike layers. They were giving the piece to the FAA Friday.
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Just because the layperson can't immediately identify it doesn't mean it's some sort of cover up.
It could honestly be a nuclear experimental test gone wrong especially since it appeared to come out of nowhere. This could imply that it came from the higher parts of the atmosphere which would explain it coming from thin air as it was buffeted by the high winds of the stratosphere only for gravity to take hold during a lull and start pulling it back towards earth.
One possibility - A tile could have come off a shuttle years ago in a low orbit to eventually fall back through the atmosphere. It looks like a shuttle tile.
"The US Air Force's unmanned, X-37B military space plane made an autonomous runway landing on Friday, Oct. 17, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., concluding an orbital test flight nearly two years in duration on a record breaking mission whose goals are shrouded in secrecy.
The Boeing-built X-37B, also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), successfully de-orbited and safely touched down on Vandenberg Air Force Base at 9:24 a.m. PDT, concluding a 674-day experimental test mission for the U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office."
http://www.sott.net/article/287608-Mysterious-military-X-37B-space-plane-lands-after-nearly-two-years-in-orbit