Piece of NASA Equipment Lands on West Texas Farm

Members of the Walter family were enjoying a quiet Thursday on their farm in West Texas when they saw a massive parachute drifting across the sky.

The balloon-like object caused a stir in their Hale County household, with the family taking video and photographs, the Houston Chronicle reported. Ann Walter sent the footage to her parents; her father told her to alert the Hale County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies told the Walters that NASA was already in the area looking for a missing piece of experimental equipment, according to the Chronicle.

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