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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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A giant meteor was sighted across the southern United States on Friday night, visible from Texas to Florida and Missouri. Unconfirmed reports of fragments landing in Texas, Louisiana, and Alabama. Astronomer Oscar Monnig suggested it fell into the Gulf of Mexico southwest of New Orleans.
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NEW ORLEANS, (AP) - A giant meteor, visible over southwestern and southeastern parts of the nation, blazed through the skies Friday night.
There were reports fragments had reached the earth in Texas, Louisiana and Alabama. None of the reports was confirmed.
Airline pilots, radio operators, astronomers and others from western Texas to Florida and as far north as Missouri reported the fiery object shortly after 11 p.m.
Some said it flashed briefly through the starry moonlit sky, giving off a daytime brilliance, and then disappeared. In some places, it left flaming trails visible for about 20 seconds.
Oscar Monnig, an amateur astronomer at Fort Worth, Tex., said bearings taken on the object indicate it probably plummeted into the Gulf of Mexico southwest of New Orleans.
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New Orleans
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Friday Night
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unconfirmed reports of fragments reaching earth in texas, louisiana, and alabama; likely fell into the gulf of mexico southwest of new orleans
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A giant meteor blazed through the skies, visible over southwestern and southeastern parts of the nation shortly after 11 p.m. Reported by airline pilots, radio operators, astronomers, and others from western Texas to Florida and as far north as Missouri. It flashed briefly, giving daytime brilliance, and left flaming trails visible for about 20 seconds in some places.