8-year-old boy finds possible meteorite in backyard

Did a mysterious backyard discovery in southern New Jersey have its origins in the vast realms of outer space?

That’s the buzz in a quiet neighborhood in Cape May County, where an 8-year-old boy playing with a metal detector outside his home found a small, black, rock-like object that resembles a meteorite fragment.

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