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Contact a local law enforcement official for assistance.&#8221;\u00a0 NASA also claims that,\u00a0 &#8220;Since the beginning of the space age, there has been no confirmed report of an injury resulting from reentering space objects.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana;\">Interestingly enough, &#8220;A woman in Turley, Oklahoma, got a noggin-knock in January 1997 when she was struck with a lightweight fragment of charred woven material. She was not injured. The sky junk was identified as debris from a Delta 2 booster, which reentered the Earth&#8217;s atmosphere on Jan. 22, 1997. Other debris from that booster included a steel propellant tank and a titanium pressure sphere.&#8221; (from space.com)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hold on to your hats! 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