HALE COUNTY, Texas — A family in West Texas was shocked when they say a giant object attached to a parachute landed on their Hale County farm, north of Lubbock.

"An exciting day on the farm here!" Ann Vincent Walter wrote on Facebook.

She said her son, Hayden, ran into the house yelling, "Hurry and come here!"

"I was like, 'OMG, what?'" Ann posted.

They originally thought it was a weather balloon flying overhead, but when they found it on their property, they weren't sure what the heck it was.

Ann called the Hale County Sheriff's Department to report it. It turned out the sheriff had also been contacted by NASA because they'd been looking for the wayward equipment.

"I was blown away by the comment," Ann said.

She said a researcher working for NASA called and told her that the too

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