The Sky Is Falling
The NASA News Briefing site had this report from ABC news about the only proven case of a person who was hit by an object from outer space, Lani Williams of Tulsa, Oklohama, in 1997:

Williams: "I felt the tap on the back of my shoulder. As it rolled off my shoulder, I realized at that point that it wasn't somebody but it was something. And I heard it hit. It sounded metallic. So, I said, hmm. I kind of looked back like this."
Krulwich: "And she saw a lump. But of what?"
Williams: "Then, I kicked it."
Krulwich: "She told ABC News a few years ago, when she picked it up and asked around, it turned out this was a piece of a US rocket, that had dropped, gently, apparently, to earth. Unlike this 500 pound rocket tank that landed the same day in Texas."
Williams: "That would have been a pretty big tap on the shoulder, don't you think?"
Krulwich: "So Lani was grateful but a little disappointed not to be hit by something really cool like a meteor or a star."
Williams: "I was thinking I had celestial, you know?"
Krulwich: "But still, she is unique. Of six billion human beings on the planet, how many people have taken a direct hit?"
Williams: "I think I'm the only one. You know, I'm probably the only one."
Krulwich: "She is, so far."

Man, TV people are a breed apart. She was sorry she wasn't hit by a STAR?!?!!? Um, that could have been kind of unpleasant.

:: :: 12:29 :: David :: [permalink] ::