The meteor attracted the interest because of its velocity, which surpassed 130,000 miles per hour. This combined with data from the US space command suggests that an interstellar object reached Earth years ago.
In 2014, a meteor burst in the sky in Papua New Guinea, perhaps dumping "interstellar debris" into the ocean.
According to Vice's Motherboard, debris from beyond our solar system could be residing on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean after being carried there by a meteorite from some other star system, according to a memo from the US Space Command.
6/ “I had the pleasure of signing a memo with @ussfspoc’s Chief Scientist, Dr. Mozer, to confirm that a previously-detected interstellar object was indeed an interstellar object, a confirmation that assisted the broader astronomical community.” pic.twitter.com/PGlIOnCSrW
The meteor erupted in the sky around Papua New Guinea on January 2014, according to the news site, and it is probable that it "sprinkled interstellar debris" into the water.
"I get a kick out of just thinking about the fact that we have interstellar material that was delivered to Earth, and we know where it is," said Amir Siraj, a theoretical astrophysicist a...