[Xing]

Flaming objects seen in sky
Associated Press
ST. LOUIS - Dozens of people in eastern and central Missouri and parts of Illinois reported seeing flaming objects falling from the sky Sunday evening.

People reported small objects that looked like bright lights or something burning, with flaming tails behind some of them, said Ken Tretter, with the Missouri State Highway Patrol in St. Louis.

He said the reports came in from a widespread area, including St. Louis, Cape Girardeau and Pettis County in Missouri and near Alton and Bunker Hill in Illinois.

A preliminary report Sunday indicated that the lights were from a meteor, said Maj. April Cunningham, a spokeswoman for North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, which watches for airborne threats to the United States and Canada.

"We had a pilot reporting seeing a meteor and that's really all the information we have tonight," Cunningham said.

[STLgasm]

So help me god, I saw the meteor. I was driving home from Chicago, near Lincoln, IL, and I saw this extremely bright light behind me. I looked to my right and over the cornfield was this large ball of flames streaking across the sky. I almost drove off the highway. It was VERY bright, and I called my brother (Jive) immediately to tell him about it. He thought it was a firecracker but I knew better. Sure enough, I made it home in time for the 10:00 news and it was a lead story. I knew I wasn't crazy.

[Marcu]

I think one of them was Rex Grosssman's carreer.

I'm so glad the football season is over. I don't have to listen to people wine about Rex Grossman for at least 5 months. I also get to see more meteors/ufos/sharks gon' wild stories, since the media will have nothing else to talk about once the "Manning is God" thing wears off.

[rockyi]

It mush have gone from north to south (or vice versa) because it was seen by many folks here in northern Illinois and also Wisconsin.

So help me god, I saw the meteor. I was driving home from Chicago, near Lincoln, IL, and I saw this extremely bright light behind me. I looked to my right and over the cornfield was this large ball of flames streaking across the sky. I almost drove off the highway. It was VERY bright, and I called my brother (Jive) immediately to tell him about it. He thought it was a firecracker but I knew better. Sure enough, I made it home in time for the 10:00 news and it was a lead story. I knew I wasn't crazy.

It's so damn cool when you are in the right place at the right time and happen to see one of these. Many years ago I was at a gathering in a friends back yard and one flew across the sky shooting sparks and actually leaving a trail. I then said, "That's going to be a big story on the news tomorrow." and sure enough, it was on the front page of the newspaper.

[Xing]

The last time there was a UFO over Highland IL , I missed it. I was in Honduras. I never saw this one either. I'm always in the wrong place.

[fredstrom]

I bet it was Prince going back to the Mother Ship.

[EuphoricOctopus]

On Sunday night I saw a bright ball of light fall out of the sky on I-96. weird.

[HomeInMyShoes]

The last time there was a UFO over Highland IL , I missed it. I was in Honduras. I never saw this one either. I'm always in the wrong place.

I suspect you're the one driving the UFO, but I don't have any proof besides circumstantial as of yet.

[rockyi]

The last time there was a UFO over Highland IL , I missed it. I was in Honduras.

I saw a television program about that incident.

[Suburban Lou]

^Yes, the poor women of Honduras.