Case · UFO Afrinews No 21, January 2000
Block of ice through a Hertfordshire roof
1999 ยท Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Outside the region. Hind reprinted this case from elsewhere; it has a file here but no place on the map.
What was reported
The Daily Mail of 7 May 1999 reported that Mr and Mrs Keith Smith were asleep in their Hertfordshire bedroom when a two-foot block of ice smashed through the roof, leaving a gaping hole in the ceiling, breaking furniture and soaking everything. It was assumed to have fallen from an overflying aircraft; the Civil Aviation Authority said ice could form on wings or leak from toilet seals. The Smiths kept pieces in their freezer for analysis. Hind prints it as a parallel to the Matobo 'smelly object' of 1997, whose sample the police destroyed, and waits to hear the result.
What Hind made of it
Awaiting analysis; offered as a comparison with the Matobo case.
Explanation offered
Ice from an overflying plane; CAA: wing ice or leaking toilet seals
In their words
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We'll have to wait and see!
Cross references
- Case 135 Unidentified Smelly Object
- UFO Afrinews Nos 16 & 17
Source
Cynthia Hind, UFO Afrinews No 21 (January 2000), spread 21-22