Posted on 02/05/2007 5:43:43 AM PST by maquiladora
From southeastern Wisconsin to as far as Des Moines, Iowa and St. Louis, people reported seeing balls of fire, possibly meteors, streaking across the sky Sunday night.
MILWAUKEE — From southeastern Wisconsin to as far as Des Moines, Iowa and St. Louis, people reported seeing balls of fire, possibly meteors, streaking across the sky last night.
No major meteor showers were expected in the northern hemisphere on Sunday night, said Jim Lattis, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison astronomy department's Space Place. But he said it was possible that a minor shower may have been what prompted calls to authorities.
The National Weather Service's Sullivan office said reports were called in from Iowa, northern Illinois and on up to Green Bay.
Dozens of people throughout the St. Louis region and Illinois reported small objects that looked like bright lights or something burning, with flaming tails behind some of them, said Ken Tretter, with the Missouri State Highway Patrol in St. Louis.
In Wisconsin, a Waukesha County dispatch supervisor said two callers reported a sighting around 8:15 p.m.
The Winnebago County Sheriff's Department said it received calls from Oshkosh, Ripon, Appleton, Neenah, and Pulaski, among others.
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02/05/2007
Scores of people all over the central United States reported seeing flames and fiery explosions in the sky Sunday night.
Calls flooded 911 operators and area police departments, the Missouri Highway Patrol said. Callers described the spectacle in various ways, some saying it looked like a plane crash and others calling it a ball of fire in the sky.
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It was Chicago Bears fans giving up the ghost..........
From southeastern Wisconsin to as far as Des Moines, Iowa and St. Louis, people reported seeing balls of fire, possibly meteors, streaking across the sky last night. No major meteor showers were expected in the northern hemisphere on Sunday night, said Jim Lattis...
Nothing to worry about.
That was just Rex Grossman after he got his a$$ kicked by Bears fans.
It was the Colts fans lighting up Indianapolis.
"What is my excuse about Filegate? Travelgate? and the ten million other "gates"?? Uuh...well I gotta run now...Uhh..I`ll catch ya later!"
Saw something like it about 20 years ago. Took about 15 seconds to cross the night sky. Left a bluish, greenish and yellowish trail. Probably something (meteor?) passing in and out of the 'way up there' atomsphere?
Just the last few remnants of Joe Biden's presidential aspirations going down in flames.
The space aliens are clever.
While 90 million Americans are distracted and watching the Super Bowl, they decide to launch an invasion of the United States.
I think I'll pop a video of "Independence Day" into the VCR.
The middle of London, the skies over major metro areas throughout the world, Concourse C at O'Hare. Lot of coincidences going on these days.
Drunk Chicago fan shooting bottle rockets after the opening kickoff?
"Lot of coincidences going on these days. "
Indeed. Especially the ones that move erratically and change course. I wonder if we've got a new type of military aircraft that is about to be revealed?
It was just Rex Grossman's career going up in flames.
Aurora/SR71-successor taking trips over Iran perhaps?
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