WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A small mysterious metal object that crashed through the roof of a house and slammed into the floor in a northern New Zealand town last month flew off a log splitter, police said Wednesday.

Police initially speculated that it fell from a small plane passing over the rural town of Whakatu on the country's North Island on April 16, but aviation officials later said it may have been shot from spinning farm machinery. if(window.yzq_d==null)window.yzq_d=new Object(); window.yzq_d['j48UKkLEYro-']='&U=13feo9jov%2fN%3dj48UKkLEYro-%2fC%3d619213.12535884.12881238.11951997%2fD%3dRMP%2fB%3d5236828%2fV%3d1'; <img width=1 height=1 alt="" src="http://us.bc.yahoo.com/b?P=V.PUBUWTcur9TII1SCaJVw1sW5oYIUg23N0ACVJr&T=19pr18esl%2fX%3d1211555037%2fE%3d89014318%2fR%3dnews%2fK%3d5%2fV%3d2.1%2fW%3dH%2fY%3dYAHOO%2fF%3d1610413428%2fH%3dY2FjaGVoaW50PSJuZXdzIiBjb250ZW50PSJob3VzZTtwb2xpY2U7UG9saWNlO2l0O2hvbWU7SXQ7cmVmdXJsX3d3d19nb29nbGVfZmkiIHJlZnVybD0icmVmdXJsX3d3d19nb29nbGVfZmkiIHRvcGljcz0icmVmdXJsX3d3d19nb29nbGVfZmki%2fQ%3d-1%2fS%3d1%2fJ%3d6E719345&U=13feo9jov%2fN%3dj48UKkLEYro-%2fC%3d619213.12535884.12881238.11951997%2fD%3dRMP%2fB%3d5236828%2fV%3d1"> if(window.yzq_d==null)window.yzq_d=new Object(); window.yzq_d['kI8UKkLEYro-']='&U=12c3t1s2d%2fN%3dkI8UKkLEYro-%2fC%3d-1%2fD%3dSIPR%2fB%3d-1%2fV%3d0'; <img width=1 height=1 alt="" src="http://us.bc.yahoo.com/b?P=V.PUBUWTcur9TII1SCaJVw1sW5oYIUg23N0ACVJr&T=19p4fh1vs%2fX%3d1211555037%2fE%3d89014318%2fR%3dnews%2fK%3d5%2fV%3d2.1%2fW%3dH%2fY%3dYAHOO%2fF%3d3547209999%2fH%3dY2FjaGVoaW50PSJuZXdzIiBjb250ZW50PSJob3VzZTtwb2xpY2U7UG9saWNlO2l0O2hvbWU7SXQ7cmVmdXJsX3d3d19nb29nbGVfZmkiIHJlZnVybD0icmVmdXJsX3d3d19nb29nbGVfZmkiIHRvcGljcz0icmVmdXJsX3d3d19nb29nbGVfZmki%2fQ%3d-1%2fS%3d1%2fJ%3d6E719345&U=12c3t1s2d%2fN%3dkI8UKkLEYro-%2fC%3d-1%2fD%3dSIPR%2fB%3d-1%2fV%3d0"> if(window.yzq_d==null)window.yzq_d=new Object(); window.yzq_d['i48UKkLEYro-']='&U=13fnia4hb%2fN%3di48UKkLEYro-%2fC%3d619213.12513740.12865435.1442997%2fD%3dLREC%2fB%3d4919452%2fV%3d1'; <img width=1 height=1 alt="" src="http://us.bc.yahoo.com/b?P=V.PUBUWTcur9TII1SCaJVw1sW5oYIUg23N0ACVJr&T=19pg25i7s%2fX%3d1211555037%2fE%3d89014318%2fR%3dnews%2fK%3d5%2fV%3d2.1%2fW%3dH%2fY%3dYAHOO%2fF%3d2667732221%2fH%3dY2FjaGVoaW50PSJuZXdzIiBjb250ZW50PSJob3VzZTtwb2xpY2U7UG9saWNlO2l0O2hvbWU7SXQ7cmVmdXJsX3d3d19nb29nbGVfZmkiIHJlZnVybD0icmVmdXJsX3d3d19nb29nbGVfZmkiIHRvcGljcz0icmVmdXJsX3d3d19nb29nbGVfZmki%2fQ%3d-1%2fS%3d1%2fJ%3d6E719345&U=13fnia4hb%2fN%3di48UKkLEYro-%2fC%3d619213.12513740.12865435.1442997%2fD%3dLREC%2fB%3d4919452%2fV%3d1">

No one was injured, and authorities did not identify the resident whose home was struck.

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