CHICAGO (CBS/STNG) ― The sky is falling in the Northcenter neighborhood – literally.
A large chunk of ice fell from the sky, leaving a gash in the roof of a house on the 4200 block of N. Wolcott Ave.
The homeowners think it was from the plane.
They believe the chunk hit the roof and exploded into smaller pieces, which they collected in plastic bags.
"We were just laying there watching TV and all of sudden we heard and big thud and the house was shaking. It felt like an earthquake or something," said homeowner Linda Dowd.
"It sounded like someone was trying to break into my house, and I didn't know what it was," added neighbor Steve Martin.
Dowd said her insurance company had a hard time believing what had happened, as did Chicago Police. They told her they have never seen anything like this before.
It was not known where the ice came from but police speculated it could have come from an airplane but were not sure early Thursday. It did not say in a police report whether the Federal Aviation Administration was notified.
The FAA has dealt with complaints for decades about "blue ice" falling from airplanes over the city, particularly in O'Hare and Midway Airport flight paths. This is the result of a blue chemical in aircraft lavatory tanks that occasionally leaks out and freezes in midair.
But this latest case did not involve blue colored ice.
Copyright MMIX, CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The STNG Wire contributed to this report.
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