Posted on 09/02/2007 11:15:59 AM PDT by Calpernia
TOMS RIVER (1010 WINS) -- A fiery streak across the sky got the attention of the Coast Guard Saturday night, after the reported fireball crashed into the waters off the Jersey Shore.
Concerned calls started coming in from South Carolina to Long Island about 9 p.m.
Coast Guard boats were searching near the site of the reported impact, off Normandy Beach in Toms River, about 10 miles off shore. No debris has been found in the water.
The Toms River Fire Department says it also got some calls and there were at least 20 people on the beach with the same story.
The FAA has not reported any missing planes and they doubt it was part of an aircraft. Even NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) chimed in, saying it probably wasn't space junk.
A Coast Guard spokesman suggested the sightings could be the result of the Aurigid meteor shower.
Astronomers had predicted a possible light show over the western parts of North America Saturday.
Another one!
I didn’t think Normandy Beach was part of Toms River. They are both in Ocean County anyway.
Already posted. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1890167/posts
Same source too.
Dup.
:~)
Not quite....
If you see tripod machines start wading ashore, RUN.
When a meteor strikes the Earth, isn’t there supposed to be a huge explosion?
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Yes, bur nearly all of them burn up on the way through the atmosphere, so they don't strike the earth.
Seriously though, my niece was at the ocean when this happened. Her and her friends thought it was a boat that exploded.
Guess there will be all types of different stories.
If it was a boat exploding, I wonder if it could be related to this?
http://www.newsobserver.com/2188/story/691053.html
Medical waste closes N.J. beaches
Same beaches. Garbage barge?
Rain of Iron and IceOn November 27,1919, a meteorite fell into Lake Michigan near the Michigan shore. "Residents of Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, South Bend, Grand Haven, and other Western Michigan cities fled from their homes in panic, fearing an earthquake. Houses were shaken, the country was illuminated as by a bright sun's rays, so all-enveloping it was impossible to tell from which direction the flare came, the earth trembled for half a moment and then came a deep prolonged rumbling as of a terrific explosion." (p 159)
by John S. Lewis
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