Meteor Viewed in Fort Frances area

A rare meteor shower that streaked across the skies of central United States Wednesday night may have also witnessed by some residents in the Fort Frances area.

Brett Briere tells B-93 what he saw that night appeared to be very close to home.

"It looked like only a couple of feet in the area cause it was so far away at first," says Briere, "A green light, light a burning green fire. Then it started flying down and I started running up to my house because it looking like it was coming straight at me."

Briere says it appeared something had landed in the Ranier area, but authorities with the Koochiching County Sheriff's Office say they had no reports of anything unusual in the area.

The National Weather Service reports a meteor disintegrated as it reached the southwest area of Wisconsin, but caused no damage.

A video taken by a police officer in Iowa can be viewed through this link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1vaRHF30xQ