Just saw this article:

https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/333948-declassified-government-data-confirms-interstellar-object-struck-earth-in-2014

in fact, it wasn't just an asteroid, but another interstellar visitor
like Oumuamua!

John Savard

On Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at 3:59:51 PM UTC-7, Quadibloc wrote:
> Just saw this article:
>
> https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/333948-declassified-government-data-confirms-interstellar-object-struck-earth-in-2014
>
> in fact, it wasn't just an asteroid, but another interstellar visitor
> like Oumuamua!
>
> John Savard

I always figured, COVID came from an interstellar visitor?

On Tue, 12 Apr 2022 15:59:49 -0700 (PDT), Quadibloc
<jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:

>Just saw this article:
>
>https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/333948-declassified-government-data-confirms-interstellar-object-struck-earth-in-2014
>
>in fact, it wasn't just an asteroid, but another interstellar visitor
>like Oumuamua!

It wasn't really large enough to qualify as an asteroid. And we get
hit all the time by objects this size that go unnoticed, and usually
unrecorded.

How many are interstellar remains a very open question, of course.

On Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at 6:53:51 PM UTC-6, Chris L Peterson wrote:

> It wasn't really large enough to qualify as an asteroid.

I couldn't tell from the article, which didn't seem to say anything
about how large it was, but despite the fact that no one noticed
it except the few who were sworn to secrecy, the article was written
as though it was more than the ordinary tiny meteor, or speck of
space dust.

John Savard

On Tue, 12 Apr 2022 20:01:31 -0700 (PDT), Quadibloc
<jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:

>On Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at 6:53:51 PM UTC-6, Chris L Peterson wrote:
>
>> It wasn't really large enough to qualify as an asteroid.
>
>I couldn't tell from the article, which didn't seem to say anything
>about how large it was, but despite the fact that no one noticed
>it except the few who were sworn to secrecy, the article was written
>as though it was more than the ordinary tiny meteor, or speck of
>space dust.
>
>John Savard

Less than half a meter. Nobody was sworn to secrecy. The event was
possibly witnessed, and likely picked up by instruments. So not
necessarily "unnoticed" (and in fact, it was in an accessible
database, it's just that some of the critical data was redacted). It's
always a hassle when we try to get the Dept of Defense to release info
from their satellites which accidentally record these things. We
generally do get the information, but it's often very delayed.

On Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at 7:47:49 AM UTC-6, Chris L Peterson wrote:
> Nobody was sworn to secrecy.

It was classified, so the people who knew about it were sworn to
secrecy when they got their clearances.

I didn't say they were sworn to secrecy about that object *specifically*!

John Savard

On Wed, 13 Apr 2022 10:42:05 -0700 (PDT), Quadibloc
<jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:

>On Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at 7:47:49 AM UTC-6, Chris L Peterson wrote:
>> Nobody was sworn to secrecy.
>
>It was classified, so the people who knew about it were sworn to
>secrecy when they got their clearances.
>
>I didn't say they were sworn to secrecy about that object *specifically*!
>
>John Savard

No, it was not classified. It was in a publicly accessible database.
As I said, a few key data values were redacted in the database. That
is the part that was classified. Not the event itself.

On Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at 3:59:51 PM UTC-7, Quadibloc wrote:
> Just saw this article:
>
> https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/333948-declassified-government-data-confirms-interstellar-object-struck-earth-in-2014
>
> in fact, it wasn't just an asteroid, but another interstellar visitor
> like Oumuamua!
>
> John Savard

Once my wife hit on my head and I didn't even notice it!
Anything is possible!