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Meteor sighting sparks UFO panic in Israel
By Yigal Hai, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: meteor, Israel, UFO

An unexpected meteor cut through Israel's skyline from east to west Tuesday evening and disappeared shortly after, causing panic throughout central Israel and bafflement among astronomers who failed to predict it.

The meteor was seen by residents in the Tel Aviv area at around 8:00 P.M., leading to alarmed phone calls to the police. "Several calls were registered in which callers described having seen a shiny trail in the Sharon district," an Israel Police spokesman said. "We crosschecked with the Israel Defense Forces and its ground units, and came up with no explanation," he added.

Ram Rafaeli, A resident from Kfar Yedidya described is meteor sighting to Haaretz. "I went on the roof of the house with my sons and we began painting it. My eldest son turned my attention to a bright object that left a long trail, crossing the sky from east to west. It was white and radiant, and it shed a bright, strong and shiny light," he said.
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Rafaeli explained that at one point he could no longer see the light that divided the skies. "As I am a man of exact sciences in my professional life, I don't believe in aliens. It is possible that it was a case of a meteor that entered the atmosphere, but it does not appear that way. In any case, it was a beautiful sight."
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  2.   God is watching you Israel. ; ) 02:35  |  Maureen Ann 09/07/08
  3.   Warming us up 02:37  |  Dan 09/07/08
  4.   To Tova 02:38  |  Jack 09/07/08
  5.   #1 You have it reversed 02:39  |  Jon 09/07/08
  6.   HA HA #1 02:57  |  Samk 09/07/08
  7.   UFO is God 03:04  |  NG 09/07/08
  8.   Who is the retarded # 1 ? 03:23  |  MR 09/07/08
  9.   Chanalau, Tova 03:26  |  Izzy 09/07/08
  10.   next UFO 05:20  |  moshe 09/07/08
  11.   you all talk rubbish 06:19  |  John 09/07/08
  12.   Not a science fiction movie? 06:47  |  Dror 09/07/08
  13.   Shot across the bow 07:17  |  Dror 09/07/08
  14.   ufos ufff 07:54  |  Scientist 09/07/08
  15.   White powder 09:33  |  Clickfool 09/07/08
  16.   #10 10:05  |  Rozz 09/07/08
  17.   unexpected and unpredicted? HOW DARE THAT METEOR! 10:13  |  eric 09/07/08
  18.   # 11 to john in the uk re: left field 10:44  |  eric 09/07/08
  19.   to Izzy #9 `Chanalau` 10:58  |  Colin Wright 09/07/08
  20.   re John #11 `you all talk rubbish` 11:01  |  Colin Wright 09/07/08
  21.   Hatred 12:46  |  Ahmed Habib 09/07/08
  22.   Colin Wright and his predictions at #19 12:52  |  Mickey Reid 09/07/08
  23.   which panic??? 13:10  |  Aline 09/07/08
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  28.   Anyone familiar with Genesis 19:24-25 would be nervous 14:01  |  Natallie Durson 09/07/08
  29.   Salman Rushdie 14:44  |  Austin Powers 09/07/08
  30.   Ay, that really hurt 15:25  |  opposition 09/07/08
  31.   Natalie, I have an alternative verse 15:52  |  Allob 09/07/08
  32.   For Ay on Psalm 120 16:00  |  Clickfool 09/07/08
  33.   Its a divine sign. 16:05  |  Efroim 09/07/08
  34.   Hatred 17:26  |  Ahmed 09/07/08
  35.   VATICAN AND UNEXPECTED ALIENS 20:05  |  Torah Codes Research 09/07/08
  36.   #19 Colin Nostradamus Wright 20:14  |  hala 09/07/08
  37.   John says "It`s not hatred, it`s just the plain truth " 20:43  |  John 09/07/08
  38.   opposition 21:07  |  Dror 09/07/08
  39.   #30 Opposition´s problem with "The Chosen people" 21:10  |  AY 09/07/08
  40.   Good news (or possibly bad) for Hala # 35 21:11  |  Clickfool 09/07/08
  41.   Israeli meteor 21:13  |  Atrueoriginall 09/07/08
  42.   End of days, apocalypse, chaos 21:52  |  Astronomer 09/07/08
  43.   Colin Wright: Placing Bets On Futility 22:35  |  Tex 09/07/08
  44.   CHANALAU # 1 22:48  |  THE TEACHER/INSTRUCT 09/07/08
  45.   MAUREEN 22:59  |  THE TEACHER/INSTRUCT 09/07/08
  46.   ZIONISTS! 23:45  |  THE TEACHER/INSTRUCT 09/07/08
  47.   re Tex #43 `Colin Wright` 23:51  |  Colin Wright 09/07/08
  48.   Isn`t there tons of debris from satellites up there? 01:27  |  Rami 10/07/08
  49.   It was an Iranian Missle 02:05  |  J-Rock 10/07/08
  50.   # 37 hey john, it`s up to YOU for proof... 10:24  |  eric 10/07/08
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  52.   The last time they said Israel would disappear 14:44  |  Alex 18/07/08
  53.   To Alex comment 52 05:19  |  John 21/07/08
  54.   previous comment was meant for Kilroy comment 51 01:08  |  John 23/07/08
  55.   meteor 08:51  |  Chris Barnitz 06/08/08
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