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Lights in sky entertain Pacific Northwest

Web posted June 3, 1998

Associated Press

SEATTLE -- Some callers saw many lights in the night sky across the Northwest. Others said it was one broad streak of light. A few people even called a UFO group to report the sighting.

What it was, was space junk, the body of an old Russian rocket burning up as it reentered the atmosphere Friday night, state and federal officials said. And whatever was left of it fell safely in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Washington, said Milt Maas at the National Weather Service in Spokane.

The unofficial descriptions were more colorful.

Dale Goudie, information director of the Seattle-based UFO Reporting and Information Service, said he received 44 calls from people who said they saw eight objects streaking across the sky from 9:09 p.m. to 9:15 p.m.

Callers told KXRO radio in Aberdeen that they saw one intense streak of light. Others told radio stations and newspapers in Washington and British Columbia they saw six or seven lights, or even 25 to 30.

Frank Frazee of Centralia said he and his family saw the lights moving across the sky.