The small bluish white object, maybe the size of a basketball, with sparks for a tail and fiery "chunks breaking off", was seen burning up in the earths atmosphere at about 2 a.m. 23rd April, moving in a southwest to the northeast direction. It was witnessed by John Kempen who was travelling the Parks Highway to Nenana, Alaska. The sighting was in the wrong part of the sky to be a Lyrid meteor, which would likely travel from northeast to southwest. Read more