meteor near Seattle

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Flashes, booms reported over Western Washington
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEATTLE -- Bright flashes and sharp booms were reported in the skies over the Puget Sound area early Thursday, and aviation officials said a meteor may have been the source.
An early report that a meteor might have hit near Chehalis, about 90 miles south of the city, turned out to be false, a University of Washington scientist who specializes in meteorites said.

[Edited on 3-6-2004 by U.S. Patriot]

Wow, good story... I wonder if we will hear more about this...

Boy...this is gonna throw some fuel on the "impact threads"

here's another link w/video:

www.msnbc.msn.com...
I hope that the apparent hoax about this thing striking the ground doesn't distract people from the actual story