[meteorite-list] Giant Meteor Sails Over Arizona

[Ron Baalke]

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1002brk-meteor1002-ON.html

Giant meteor sails over Saguaro Lake
Senta Scarborough
The Arizona Republic
October 2, 2006

Residents who saw a ball of fire in the sky late Sunday evening near
Saguaro Lake witnessed a giant meteor, officials said.

Phoenix and Scottsdale police and Rural/Metro Fire Department
dispatchers received calls from residents reporting a plane going down
in "a ball of fire." Another caller reported seeing a meteor.

"It was a large ball of flame," Rural/Metro Fire Department spokeswoman
Alison Cooper said. "It was very large. It was seen as far as Washington
state."

Rural/Metro responded to the north side of Saguaro Lake but found no
sign of damage or destruction from a plane crash, Cooper said. The
meteor was headed west to east.

If you saw the meteor, call reporter JJ Hensley at (602) 444-7964 or
e-mail him at jj.hensley at arizonarepublic.com .