NASA image of Comet ISON

Reuters (excerpts) by Irene Klots

A golf ball sized meteor blasted over the southeastern United States on Monday night, creating a bright streak of light and a sonic boom.

The meteor was spotted at 9:18 pm EDT over Alabama. Officials reported it exploded over Woodstock, Alabama, about 30 miles from Birmingham.

“I saw what I first thought was a falling star and then it turned bright green,” an observer from Anniston, Alabama, posted on the American Meteor S...


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