Strange Ball Of Fire In Sky
Falling Near High School
Sheading blue sparks and emit
ting intense light, an object, re
drawing a bright, ball of fire and
described by witnesses a few yards
( from it as ‘the size of four basket
ballsw, was seen to fall on Kodiak
• Island Monday around 10 p.m.
One of the witnesses was
Kodiak Policeman John Boucher
who was in a (patrol car at the
time. “I was near Kodiak High
School when I saw the whole
school and ground light up in a
greenish color.,” he said. “I looh*3d
up and saw a large red ball falling
rapidly. It had a short vapor tail
a chartreuse color. I«t was visible
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for about three seconds before it
fell behind the school.”
Boucher Stated time of seeing
ball was 10 p.m. and added that
the radio in car was affected as
soon as the ball disappeared.
Boucher searched for sign of ob
ject but could not locate it.
Another witness who also plac
ed time of sighting fireball at 10
p.m. was 15 3'ear old Dolores Gal
lagher who was waiting in a park
ed car for her mother north of
the city limits. “It seemed to be
on a level with the car, travelling
from NE to SW and seemed very
near,” she said. “Blue sparks were
coming from it and it was curving
slightly looking as though it was
dropping to the ground. I was*
scared and thought it would hit
the car." " ' ’ *
The Naval Base received other
reports from civilian sources of an
object seen in the sky Monday.
The Navy stated that they had
not observed anything unusual
hut had sighted a possible meteor
at 6:24 a.m. Tuesday November
5th. They reported no radio inter
ference.
Tar Pot Explodes
The City Fire Department was
called to a house along Mission
Road near the City dump Tuesday
morning when a tar pot, used for
tarring the roof, exploded and fire
was feared. No damage was caus-ed, however.
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