Sightings Of Three Objects Over California January 6, 2011 – Case Solved

LAKE ELSINORE: Not meteors, just skydivers with flares

By PE News on January 6, 2011 7:56 PM

Skydivers jumping out of planes over Lake Elsinore with flares prompted some calls to the sheriff's and fire dispatchers wondering if meteorites were falling into the lake.

"We got two calls," said Deputy Melissa Nieburger, spokeswoman for the Riverside County Sheriff's Department. "We had units checking it out, but so far no sounds of distress."

Turns out it's members of Skydive Elsinore and the Army's Golden Knights skydiving team jumping with flares for a video on night skydiving, said Capt. Jim Brown of the Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department.

The two calls received by the Sheriff's Department described three fireballs in the sky, Nieburger said.

STEVEN BARRIE sbarrie@PE.com

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