Angel Grass
"Angel grass" is a related phenomenon. It is when short metallic threads fall from the sky, often forming intertwined loosed masses. They are a type of Chaff, a radar counter-measure which can be in the form of fine strands, which is dropped by some military aircraft. It can also come from sounding rockets and balloons, which would have released it at high altitude for radar tracking.
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