http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/01/05/1073263184092.html
Great balls of fire over Spain The Age (Australia) January 5, 2004 Hundreds of Spaniards reported seeing balls of fire or incandescent objects fall from the sky today, emergency centres said. Some of the objects were believed to have sparked fires. The phenomenon was reported on a stretch reaching from Galicia in the north-west to the Balearic Islands in the east. The National Meteorological Institute said it had not observed anything unusual. Aviation authorities said they had no knowledge of any plane crash. Astronomers at the University of Santiago de Compostela said they suspected a meteorite. No injuries were reported. In northern Leon province, residents reported seeing a ball of fire light up the sky and explode in a mountainous area, igniting a fire and shaking house windows. A similar explosion was heard near Palencia in the north. Firefighters extinguished a blaze behind a roadside discotheque in the Castellon area. Rescuers searched for wreckage of airplanes or unusual rocks in several places, but found no clues. The National Meterological Institute said that its radars and satellite images showed nothing abnormal. Astronomer Jose Angel Docobo said he suspected a meteorite weighing from 50 to 100 tonnes, which would have disintegrated on entering the atmosphere. He said the flying objects could also be parts of a rocket or satellite, but deemed that less likely. ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
