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NewsMine deceptions nasa foo-fighters Viewing Item | Lights in california sky { September 5 2003 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active) http://www.sacbee.com/state_wire/story/7350725p-8300144c.htmlhttp://www.sacbee.com/state_wire/story/7350725p-8300144c.html
Lights in California sky apparently asteroid burning in atmosphere The Associated Press Last Updated 5:58 a.m. PDT Friday, September 5, 2003
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bright flashes in the California sky Thursday evening were likely a small meteor or debris from space burning up in the Earth's atmosphere, authorities said. Nothing hit the ground but the clear sky over parts of the state made for a spectacular light show, said Sheryl Tankersley, a spokeswoman for the state Office of Emergency Services.
Bluish white lights reportedly moving west to northeast were seen at 8:24 p.m. in Palm Springs and as far north as Napa, Amador and Merced counties, according to witnesses and the OES.
A brief North American Aerospace Defense Command investigation concluded that the lights were a small asteroid or space debris. Vandenberg Air Force Base reported it had not tested missiles or made any other launch Thursday night.
Ginger Jeffries, a weathercaster at KESQ-TV in Palm Springs, called the light "extremely bright."
"I was looking at it and going 'Mars isn't over there, what is that?'"
"We had dust storms overhead, you couldn't see much at all in the sky," she said. "But this was as clear and bright as anything."
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