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CA: Unidentified object falls from sky, spooks Roswell (Avenue) residents
Bakersfield Californian ^ | 1/7/05 | AP - Chino

Posted on 01/07/2005 2:58:57 PM PST by NormsRevenge

CHINO, Calif. (AP) - An unidentified object fell from the sky and spooked Roswell residents.

Roswell Avenue residents aren't sure what the unidentified falling object was, but it streaked across the sky about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday and apparently hit the ground, touching off a fire that destroyed a neighbor's shed.

The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said they got calls from Chino residents and motorists on the 210 and 71 freeways reporting that an unidentified object was landing or crashing in town.

"Somebody told one of the fire officials that they saw a plane crash," said fire Capt. Kim Johnson, who responded to the shed fire on Cozzens Street, close to Roswell.

A helicopter search determined there wasn't a plane crash.

"There are a lot of people who are convinced that something came out of the sky - that there was something unexplainable, a light falling from the sky," Johnson said.

Somebody called in saying they saw fire in the sky, sheriff's spokeswoman Debra Holman said. "At first we thought it was a transformer but it's still undetermined."

Fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of the fire.

"There may be a simple explanation," Johnson said. "But who knows?"

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Information from: Inland Valley Daily Bulletin


TOPICS: US: California; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: california; callingartbell; object; residents; roswell; spooks; unidentified
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Roswell Avenue in Chino,CA .. Not Roswell, New Mexico.
1 posted on 01/07/2005 2:58:58 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

Space junk, natural or manmade, likely.


2 posted on 01/07/2005 3:00:26 PM PST by EternalVigilance (Shaking nine point oh - With a deadly wave goodbye - oh four departed...)
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To: NormsRevenge

It was Conyers' report on voting "irregularities" in Ohio.


3 posted on 01/07/2005 3:00:36 PM PST by My2Cents
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To: EternalVigilance

Weather balloon.


4 posted on 01/07/2005 3:01:52 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Bundt pan


5 posted on 01/07/2005 3:02:42 PM PST by starfish923
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To: tet68

Swamp gas


6 posted on 01/07/2005 3:03:09 PM PST by My2Cents
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To: NormsRevenge

Did the local funeral home get a call for child-size caskets?


7 posted on 01/07/2005 3:04:36 PM PST by Ciexyz (I use the term Blue Cities, not Blue States. PA is red except for Philly, Pgh & Erie)
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To: NormsRevenge

I'll bet somebody named Elijah had just built an altar.


8 posted on 01/07/2005 3:04:42 PM PST by Dog Gone
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To: NormsRevenge

Bwa-ha-ha!

Cheap headline tease award!


9 posted on 01/07/2005 3:05:02 PM PST by dangus
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To: My2Cents

aliens


10 posted on 01/07/2005 3:05:12 PM PST by CindyDawg
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To: tet68

Burning swamp gas!!


11 posted on 01/07/2005 3:05:21 PM PST by handy old one (Never confuse the facts with the issues!!)
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To: EternalVigilance

Swamp gas. Or maybe sunlight reflected off the wing feathers of migrating geese (both actual explanations given in the past by officials).


12 posted on 01/07/2005 3:05:22 PM PST by spetznaz (Nuclear tipped ICBMs: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol.)
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To: EternalVigilance
Sure been a lot of stuff falling out of the sky lately.

Chicken Little may have been right!

13 posted on 01/07/2005 3:05:52 PM PST by TexasCowboy (Texan by birth, citizen of Jesusland by the Grace of God)
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To: NormsRevenge

It was just a football. Ben Roethlisburger was getting back in shape in Pittsburg and one got away from him.


14 posted on 01/07/2005 3:06:17 PM PST by zygoat
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To: NormsRevenge

Mebbe it wuz a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin', purple people-eater.


15 posted on 01/07/2005 3:06:51 PM PST by Redcloak (My New Year's resolution: To make up a new tag line.)
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To: handy old one
burning alien swamp gas!
16 posted on 01/07/2005 3:06:57 PM PST by CindyDawg
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To: My2Cents

17 posted on 01/07/2005 3:07:43 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: My2Cents

You're right. It must have been all those missing kerry votes that the men in black stole. The votes were shot into space and now that the election is over they are returning to earth.


18 posted on 01/07/2005 3:08:10 PM PST by OldFriend (PRAY FOR MAJ. TAMMY DUCKWORTH)
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To: EternalVigilance
Space junk, natural or manmade, likely.

The "starting a fire" is a tipoff that either it's NOT a meteorite or space junk, or the story is bogus.

19 posted on 01/07/2005 3:08:12 PM PST by Strategerist
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To: NormsRevenge

Center fuel tank.......


20 posted on 01/07/2005 3:08:14 PM PST by umgud
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