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SCIENCE TEACHER STRUCK BY METEORITE

A meteorite the size of a large grapefruit smashed through the roof of Freehold Intermediate School in Monmouth County, New Jersey today, striking a science teacher on the hip and causing massive bruises over the lower part of her body. Students working on astronomy projects in the same room were unharmed. This is only the second instance in recorded history of a person being struck by a meteorite.

Scientists who rushed to examine the stony meteorite said that it undoubtedly originated on the surface of Mars. Microscopic examination of the meteorite may provide new evidence in the ongoing controversy over the possibility of life on the red planet.