[meteorite-list] Strange Lights In The Sky Baffle Residents Of Bavaria

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:50:24 2004
Message-ID: <200204072256.PAA00344_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2002/apr/08/top_stories/20020408top9.html

Strange lights in the sky baffle residents of Bavaria
Reuters
April 8, 2002
 
MUNICH, Germany - Strange lights in the sky baffled Bavarians late on Saturday
as hundreds of panicked callers jammed police telephone lines seeking an
explanation for the phenomenon.

Reports of an unsettling late-night natural light show came from all over
the southern German state as well as the neighboring region of
Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Pilots flying into Munich airport radioed the control tower with reports of
unusual lights in the sky.

The German police said NASA scientists initially thought the light was
caused by space junk - floating debris in the Earth's atmosphere - but later
said they were still unsure.

The German army reported no unusual movements on its radar.

Scientists said the lights may have been the result of a meteor breaking
through the Earth's atmosphere.

"There are no signs of impact or damage. We can't say what it was," a
police spokesman said.
   
Received on Sun 07 Apr 2002 06:56:49 PM PDT