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Weather device falls from sky, hits parked car

A device described by Philadelphia police as a weather instrument fell from the sky and onto a parked car in the Northeast on Saturday night, according to a Philly.com report.

The incident occurred on the 11600 block of Academy Road at about 9:30 p.m. Witnesses reportedly described the object as white and attached to a parachute. The car was unoccupied. The news agency did not report the size of the object.

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Although the news agency reported that it remained unclear where the object originated and why it fell to the ground, weather watchers know that the National Weather Service operates a data collection station at the nearby Northeast Philadelphia Airport. ••

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