Meteor Sighted

The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency will visit a cornfield in the northeast section of the state to see if that`s where a meteor landed Monday night.

People all over Pennsylvania, and as far away as Virginia and New York State lit up 911 phone lines Monday night reporting a sonic boom and flashing streaks of light in the sky. A firefighter in Salladasburg – a small town in northeastern Pennsylvania – was called to a corn field where a couple of people were deer watching. People there told the firefighter they saw a fireball drop into the field. According to fire chief Jerold Ross, "He found roughly a 25 by 20 foot area of ...scorched ground."

Ross said the firefighter could not see anything on the ground, just scorched earth. There are no reports of any other damage or injuries from the apparent meteor shower.

Author: 6 ABC - Action News (AP)