[meteorite-list] Fireball Over New Jersey Reported

[Ron Baalke]

http://www.axcessnews.com/index.php/articles/show/id/12226

Mysterious lights over NJ reported
 
Dozens of witnesses report fireball crashing into sea off Normandy Beach

Mysterious lights reported over New Jersey, but no aliens found

September 3, 2007

(AXcess News) Newark - Dozens of calls were reported Saturday night
after mysterious lights were seen over a New Jersey beach where
witnesses said a fireball was seen hitting the water.  The calls
prompted the Coast Guard to conduct a search of the area though nothing
was discovered.

Meteorologists reported a meteor shower in the skies overhead Saturday
night and attributed the 'mysterious lights' seen in the sky to that. 
One observer said what people saw off Normandy Beach in Ocean County may
have been a meteor that crashed into the ocean.

A Coast Guard spokesman said the sightings could be the result of the
Aurigid meteor shower.

The FAA reported that no unidentified flying objects were reported in
the area.

Astronomers had predicted a possible light show over the western parts
of North America on Saturday because of the meteor shower, but were
surprised to hear of such a brilliant showing in New Jersey.

Local UFO buffs said some of the people saw lights that were on the
sea's horizon and dozens reported a brilliant light ball crashing into
the sea off Normandy Beach.

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http://www.postchronicle.com/news/strange/article_212101500.shtml

Spectators Watch Fireball Drop To Ocean
The Post Chronicle
September 3, 2007

Officials and spectators off the New Jersey shore were mystified 
Saturday evening at what was identified as a fireball falling 
into the ocean.

The falling object was seen by at least 15 witnesses on the beach 
at around 8:40 p.m., The New York Post reported.

It was dispatched as a fireball, out over the ocean, going into 
the ocean, Deputy Chief Tim Cook of the Toms River, N.J., Fire 
Department told The Post.