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KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFNS) -- Department of the Air Force Chief of Safety Maj. Gen. Jeannie M. Leavitt recently announced the recipients for the fiscal year 2021 Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff Safety Awards, as well as the Department of the Air Force Chief of Safety Awards.
'Object from interstellar space hit Earth via another star system', claims US Space Command's memo - Scientists also claim that the object was just a few feet across the Earth but was big enough to leave debris into the ocean.
One researcher called the meteor the "holy grail of interstellar objects."
The meteor is not just the first object from interstellar space to visit Earth but also the first to hit the planet from another star system.
A meteor that crashed into the South Pacific in 2014 was recently confirmed to have origins outside our Solar System.