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Balls of Fire in India

Thursday, January 20, 2005

Huge balls of fire are being seen in the skies of India, andthey aren't asteroids or plane crashes. They are accompaniedby deafening explosions.

In one village, trees began swaying and dishes fell offshelves. People panicked and ran from their houses.Incredibly loud explosions were also heard, but so far,police have not been able to find...

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Fireballs in Spain

Thursday, January 8, 2004

It's usually ice blocks that fall from the sky in Spain, but recently hundreds of witnesses there saw balls of fire in the sky. Authorities are searching for an estimated 50 tons of material from a meteorite which broke up after colliding with the Earth. A local official says, "I left the house at around 12 minutes to six. I heard a big...

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Mystery of the Naga Fireballs

Friday, October 10, 2003

The colorful Naga fireballs arrive in Laos every autumn, during the full moon at the end of Buddhist Lent. Local scientists think they know what causes the lights, but they don't understand why they return at the same time every year.

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Mysterious Fireballs Return Every Year

Friday, November 1, 2002

In Thailand, half a million people gather every year to watch fireballs rise out of the Mekong River. Thousands of reddish-pink balls of light shoot up into the sky above the Mekong, which runs through five nations before flowing out to sea in Vietnam. Locals say the phenomenon has been going on for half a century. The fireballs appear during...

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