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From: Blair Cummins <ufoblair@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 18:10:48 PST
Fwd Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 23:56:34 -0500
Subject: Fireball Puzzles Volusia County Residents


Greetings list -

From: http://www.tampabayonline.net/news/flor101t.htm

Heavenly fireball puzzles Volusia County residents

DELAND, Fla. (AP) - A blue ball of fire that streaked across the
sky above Volusia County has residents wondering whether the
sight was something out of this world.

Clint Jones, who caught a glimpse of the hurling mass over
DeLand Tuesday night, is betting on a UFO.

"I believe it's possible," Jones said from his home on the St.
Johns River. "I know they exist."

Police scanners indicated a number of residents saw the blue
ball.

At 9:16 p.m., one anonymous caller told the Volusia County
Sheriff's Office he saw a fireball pass over the intersection of
Clyde Morris and LPGA boulevards. It was headed for Ormond
Beach.

Sheriff's deputies, along with Daytona Beach police officers and
a sheriff's helicopter, searched for more than an hour. They
found nothing.

The National Weather Service in Melbourne reported no unusual
activity Tuesday night. Officials at the Federal Aviation
Administration tower in Daytona Beach and the FAA Regional
Office in Atlanta said they saw nothing out of the ordinary.

"If a pilot would have seen it, they would have reported it,"
FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said.

Roger Hoefer, curator of astronomy at the Museum of Arts and
Sciences in Daytona Beach, speculated that people may have seen
a Bolide meteor. Bolide meteors appear to be falling, when in
reality, they're simply crossing the horizon.

"This was not falling," Hoefer said. "It was still moving in its
orbital path."


Copyright 1999 Associated Press. All rights reserved.

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- Blair Cummins
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