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RE: Adams County meteor

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"I'm convinced it was a meteor...It was a classic description of a fireball" - Geoff Chester, spokesman for the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C.

Chester speculated the meteor was the size of a big suitcase and had been orbiting the sun for millions of years before entering Earth's orbit.

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Feb19th Boise Meteor

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King 5, a broadcast news station based in Seattle, published a story in which Ray Eickmeyer of Entiat, Wash., said he saw the meteor strike north of Waterville Plateau.
Eickmeyer described it as a large green shooting star. Even with his radio on, he said he heard it hit and saw multiple flashes of light before seeing a big hole in the ground.
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Meteor over Boise

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Pasco business records meteor flash

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A meteor streaked through the sky over the Pacific Northwest and apparently landed in Eastern Washington early today.
A Horizon Airlines pilot reported seeing the meteorite hit earth with a flash and a burst of light near State Route 26 and the Lind-Hatton Road in the southeast corner of Adams County about 5:45 a.m., said Mike Fergus, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman in Seattle.

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A meteor that blazed across the darkened early-morning sky above the western United States was also clearly visible on the Canadian side of the border.
A Kamloops, B.C., man, who identified himself only as Doug, says he was driving south of the city when he saw a blazing ball that appeared to have hit the ground because it illuminated the entire horizon.
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