A mysterious object in the sky that rattled Tok and perked ears with a sonic boom-type sound Dec. 29 was seen by others as far away as Healy. While officials said the object was likely a meteor, at least one Alaskan reported the sight to the National Unidentified Flying Object Reporting Centre in Washington state, and others recounted similar odd-objects-in-the-sky stories from years gone by.
Tok residents say numerous people witnessed a fireball shoot across the sky and heard a sonic boom Monday afternoon. Some say they saw pieces falling off as the object descended.
Tok residents are wondering what some of them saw shooting through the sky near town this week. Some officials say it was a meteor. A tremendous explosion, like a sonic boom, drew some people outside Monday afternoon. Then they watched as squiggly contrails left a pattern in the clear sky.
Was it a meteor falling from space? Officials think that might be what residents saw shooting through the Alaska sky near Tok on Monday afternoon. A tremendous explosion, like a sonic boom, drew some people outside, where they watched irregular contrails scribe a path in a clear sky.