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Brilliant Light Flashes Across Northern Sky
Reports from the Northeast to California describe a bright meteor or fireball seen at dusk on Thursday. Sightings sparked telephone inquiries, local fires, and searches but no significant discoveries were made.
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Mike Shanahan
Pittsburgh
California
Midwest
William P. Bidelman
University of Michigan
Idaho
Defense Department
Washington
Bidelman
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Canada
Kecksburg
Roy Howard
Air Force
Elyria
Cleveland
Ralph Richards
Coast Guard
Detroit
Windsor
Jack Trumbull
California Highway
Humboldt County
Idaho Falls