Posted on 01/07/2005 2:58:57 PM PST by NormsRevenge
CHINO, Calif. (AP) - An unidentified object fell from the sky and spooked Roswell residents.
Roswell Avenue residents aren't sure what the unidentified falling object was, but it streaked across the sky about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday and apparently hit the ground, touching off a fire that destroyed a neighbor's shed.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said they got calls from Chino residents and motorists on the 210 and 71 freeways reporting that an unidentified object was landing or crashing in town.
"Somebody told one of the fire officials that they saw a plane crash," said fire Capt. Kim Johnson, who responded to the shed fire on Cozzens Street, close to Roswell.
A helicopter search determined there wasn't a plane crash.
"There are a lot of people who are convinced that something came out of the sky - that there was something unexplainable, a light falling from the sky," Johnson said.
Somebody called in saying they saw fire in the sky, sheriff's spokeswoman Debra Holman said. "At first we thought it was a transformer but it's still undetermined."
Fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of the fire.
"There may be a simple explanation," Johnson said. "But who knows?"
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Information from: Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Space junk, natural or manmade, likely.
It was Conyers' report on voting "irregularities" in Ohio.
Weather balloon.
Bundt pan
Swamp gas
Did the local funeral home get a call for child-size caskets?
I'll bet somebody named Elijah had just built an altar.
Bwa-ha-ha!
Cheap headline tease award!
aliens
Burning swamp gas!!
Swamp gas. Or maybe sunlight reflected off the wing feathers of migrating geese (both actual explanations given in the past by officials).
Chicken Little may have been right!
It was just a football. Ben Roethlisburger was getting back in shape in Pittsburg and one got away from him.
Mebbe it wuz a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin', purple people-eater.
You're right. It must have been all those missing kerry votes that the men in black stole. The votes were shot into space and now that the election is over they are returning to earth.
The "starting a fire" is a tipoff that either it's NOT a meteorite or space junk, or the story is bogus.
Center fuel tank.......
Roswell Avenue, Roswell, New Mexico. Maybe the aliens got bad information from Mapquest? Or maybe Roswell spelled backwards has some meaning in alien languages? The "Coast-to-Coast" radio show needs to get right on this.
Let me guess...The sign is outside of Chicago, and it depicts another windy day where women might lose their hats?
Hmmm.... I wonder could it have been a meteor??
meteor, n.
a small body of matter from outer space that becomes incandescent as a result of friction with the earth's atmosphere and is visible as a streak of light.
[Middle English via modern Latin meteorum from Greek meteoron, neut. of meteoros ‘lofty’ (as meta-, aeiro ‘raise’)]
Naw... guess it must be space aliens.
I blame Bush
Bottle rocket is my guess.....
You mean the men in suits, touching voters in an intimidating manner?
just another illegal alien entering the United States and wanted to set off some fireworks in celebration of his arrival.
Eat Thee.
They're coming to "serve man."
"I'll bet somebody named Elijah had just built an altar".
- While wearing a tinfoil hat? :D
Ball lightning.
Unless you've got an actual asteroid causing a crater, etc. All meteors hit the ground at room temperature, basically, not "warm" or "hot" or "starting a fire".....descriptors like the latter are typical of bogus reports.
Meteors don't retain heat real well, and ones that reach the ground basically reach a terminal velocity after an initial deceleration and they're cooled by the wind rushing over them.
Simple explanation - ALIENS. That was my ride out of here. Oh no, It CRASHED!!?
Chicken Little may have been right!
You've got a point there. Are cows flying now?
All your shed are belong to us!
A green laser fired by an airline pilot attempting revenge on mere mortals. The FBI and SS are on it ... arrests expected. Terrorism FROM the sky!
< Quix > This is a most INTERESTING report.
Raises obvious questions about alien activities here.
Might be linked to vast underground tunnel networks we hear about on occasion.< /Quix >
A man appearing to be in his early 40s said that men in black leather jackets came and took away votes for Kerry. Everyone in the room burst out laughing!
Apparently the Martians used a MapQuest map.
neighbors burnt chicken
Some one say it came from Hollywood. :)
"A man appearing to be in his early 40s said that men in black leather jackets came and took away votes for Kerry. Everyone in the room burst out laughing!"
I often join in wearing the tinfoil, but in this case, "Welcome to Mindhead.... Welcome to Mindhead... Welcome to Mindhead..."
LOLOL.....ah yes, how typical of MapQuest!!!!!
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