Callers to The Daily described the same thing, some saying they saw an object falling from the sky and breaking into pieces before the light appeared. No airplanes crashed, and astronomers said the event was probably a "bolide," a random meteor that could have been natural or man-made. Morgan County Sheriff Chief Deputy Mike Corley said the reports came from southern Morgan County and Cullman County. Firefighters and various police agencies searched the area but found no crash site.