A chunk of dirty ice crashed through the roof of a Whittier home. FAA is asked to investigate - BERITAJA

Yudar Grau was taking a midday nap erstwhile he heard what sounded for illustration an detonation successful the surviving room of his Whittier rental home.

He rushed successful to observe a spread successful the ceiling and ample chunks of soiled crystal scattered crossed the level and connected a table. On the limb of the sofa, wherever he had been seated conscionable minutes earlier retreating into his chamber for a fewer minutes of shut-eye, was a artifact of brownish and achromatic ice.

The root of the crystal remains a mystery, but the homeowner, Thania Magana, told NBC4 she suspects it originated from an craft that was flying complete the location correct about the clip the stiff wide made its clang landing astatine 11:18 a.m. Friday.

“I support replaying it and conscionable reasoning of the what if,” she told the outlet, adding that she’s grateful Grau decided to nap successful his chamber that day. “The first point that comes to mind is that he about apt wouldn’t beryllium present pinch us.”

Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn connected Tuesday wrote a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration urging the agency to analyse the incident.

“While specified incidents are rare, the imaginable consequences are highly serious,” Hahn wrote. “Whether the worldly originated from craft systems, discarded leakage, aliases different source, this arena raises important concerns about aviation information complete densely populated communities successful Los Angeles County.”

Hahn said she decided to scope retired to the FAA aft Magana contacted her agency asking for thief ensuring officials get to the bottommost of what happened and “take immoderate steps basal to forestall it from happening again.”

Ian Gregor, a spokesperson for the FAA, said the agency investigates “every study we person alleging crystal fell from an airplane and damaged property.”

Ice could shape connected the extracurricular of a level while it’s cruising astatine precocious altitude. As it descends into warmer air, chunks could break distant and fall, but the arena is rare, according to Heathrow Airport’s website.

There person besides been incidents successful which the hose valve that’s utilized to quiet toilet discarded from a level leaks fluid that freezes and results successful discolored “blue” crystal from the curen liquids successful airplane toilets.

But there’s besides a chance the crystal didn’t travel from an airplane astatine all.

Scientists are besides studying the statement of unusually ample crystal chunks called megacryometeors that could autumn from the entity moreover connected clear, sunny days.