Here is the link to a CLEAR picture of this event
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0412/strange_pryde_big.jpg
I would put in a theory of a laser coming down after seeing this photo with the much more obvious smoke stream off the right of the pole! Could be vaporized metal...or it could simply be a camera lens false image from the flash at the pole.
There HAS to be some evidence at the point of impact - someone is NOT talking.
There is no point of impact.... You can plainly see from the photo that it struck water. Great shot of a micrometiorite.