Great Balls of Fire

By John Walters on Thursday, December 7, 2000.

When Salisbury residents said they saw a ball of fire plummet from the night sky and start brush fires, there was immediate talk of meteorites. A spokesman from the Christa McAuliffe Planetarium says there is no evidence that a meteorite hit the earth. The explanation may be as simple as a roman candle.

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