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NewsAugust 13, 2018

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. � A suspicious package that fell from the sky over New Jersey caused some alarm because it contained a note that mentioned President Donald Trump. South Brunswick police said the package, attached to a parachute, was making a hissing sound and included a note that said: �NASA Atmospheric Research Instrument NOT A BOMB! If this lands near the President, we at NASA wish him a great round of golf.� ...

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SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. � A suspicious package that fell from the sky over New Jersey caused some alarm because it contained a note that mentioned President Donald Trump.

South Brunswick police said the package, attached to a parachute, was making a hissing sound and included a note that said: �NASA Atmospheric Research Instrument NOT A BOMB! If this lands near the President, we at NASA wish him a great round of golf.�

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Trump has been staying at his golf club in Bedminster, which is 29 miles away.

NASA told WNBC-TV the package, which fell Tuesday, is part of six balloons launched to measure ozone. It said a summer student employee wrote the note in a �misguided attempt to be lighthearted,� and the student has been removed from the project.

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