[meteorite-list] Light in Night Sky in Canada Lights Up Switchboard

[Ron Baalke]

http://www.thestar.com/News/article/190806

Light in night sky lights up switchboard
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
March 11, 2007

Bright flashes of light streaking across the sky Sunday night 
had some Greater Toronto residents calling police to find out 
what was going on.

Police switchboards in Toronto, York and Durham Regions 
reported receiving several calls from people who had observed 
a fireball in the night sky between 8 and 8:30 p.m.

The mysterious object was likely a meteoroid - or shooting star - 
which leaves a trail of light, called a meteor, as it burns and 
breaks up while falling from space through the Earth's atmosphere, 
police said.

There is no word yet on whether anyone has found a meteorite-what 
is left of the object if and when it hits the Earth's surface.