Stranger lights in Spain: Meteorite? UFO?

the dominican republic rocks!!! we stayed in the riu complex up near.......(let me check!) and it was the best holiday of my life, barring none.

Why on earth canada!? lol

oooh Riu complex in Bavaro Richie?..that's my favorite area here..i gotta say those beaches rock!

Damn u should have given me a call Richie! we would have hung out

/I´m sure R dominican is very beautiful /
//final news:

www.efenews.com


Spaniards wonder what caused "fireballs" in sky


Madrid, Jan 5 (EFE).- Millions of Spaniards could not keep their gaze from drifting skyward Monday after people in a broad swath of the country saw "big fireballs," possible pieces of a good-sized meteoroid, streak toward earth on the weekend.

Meanwhile, scientists and civil defense authorities have begun searching for pieces of the bolide, which are called meteorites once they reach the ground, in order to determine its origin.
But until the search parties find any remnants that can be analyzed to verify the phenomenon's extraterrestrial nature, the High Council of Scientific Research (CSIC), Spain's principal public research organization, said any talk of a meteorite is unsubstantiated.
The CSIC said hopes of finding fragments of the object that caused the fireball were scarce. Even so, it said all evidence points to the fact that some sort of object entered the Earth's atmosphere.
But whatever their origin may be, all media attention was focused on the "fireballs" which at dusk Sunday caused thousands of people to alert emergency personnel across north-central Spain and in the Balearic Islands.
Residents said that pieces of the object fell in the provinces of Leon, Palencia and Soria, reports which prompted the Guardia Civil to send troops and helicopters to the alleged impact areas in search of meteorite fragments. Neighboring communities also participated in the hunt.
Sightings were also reported in western Extremadura, in the eastern part of Aragon and in Castilla-La Mancha, in central Spain.
Even fans at a soccer match in the northwestern region of Galicia caught a glimpse of the incandescent object and pictures of it were reproduced on TV sets throughout the country Monday.
If any remnants turn up, they will be taken to the Astrobiological Center to be analyzed, but until then, scientists have preferred to keep quiet on the matter.
Geologist Jesus Martinez-Friaz, in charge of the meteorite identification lab at the center, said Monday that it was common for objects of this type to plunge through Earth's atmosphere, but he added that, in most cases, the fiery trails left by meteors produce a "deceptive" optical illusion and appear to be much larger than their actual size.
Martinez-Friaz said that meteorites that reach Earth generally come from an asteroid belt that orbits the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. He explained that some of these asteroids veer outside their normal orbit - which is hundreds of millions of miles from Earth - approach our planet and, drawn in by its gravitational pull, enter the atmosphere.
The director of the Ramon Maria Aller Astronomical Observatory of Santiago de Compostela, Jose Angel Docobo, said the bolide could have been rather large, initially weighing between 50 and 100 tons.
He said the meteoroid could have burned up completely at some point along its trajectory through the atmosphere but added that the explosion seen by thousands of citizens most likely occurred between 50 and 100 kilometers (31 and 62 miles) above the Earth's surface, which made it visible to the naked eye across a wide region. EFE nac/kb/bp

2 of my friends are at the Dominican Republic right now...having a good time vacationing on a beach while it's snowing here

As for the weird lights, i think it would be really awesome if it were some alien buddy's of ours...but probably not; it's always a disappointment
Thanks for the news!

Well it´s sunny, so dont kill them if they return with a nice tan