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posted: 02:59 pm ET
19 July 1999
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Meteorite spotted over Rome, hundreds call police
ROME (Reuters) -- Romans deluged emergency services with calls after spotting a luminous flying object, most probably a meteorite, in the sky in the early hours today.
Police said the callers reported seeing a ``fireball'' or a ``luminous trail moving at low speed across the sky'' over the Italian capital.
Many Romans, several hundreds according to Italian media, rushed to phone the police and the fire brigade at about 3 a.m. (0100 GMT) to report the sighting.
Astrophysicist Margherita Hack said in an interview with RAI state television that the object was a big meteorite.
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