Another Meteor, this one sighted in Sweden

Last night several witnesses in southern Sweden witnessed something that looked like a New Years eve rocket being fired down towards the earth, not exploding. Sorry theres no pictures, but heres my source:
Aftonbladet - Burning sphere over Smaland

Too bad I didn´t see it.

Both local police and "SOS Alarm" received calls about "burning or glowing sphere".
A search for fire and impact site were conducted but none could be found.

Speculate

Dawnaj,

Can you translate that article and post it here? Most of us don't understand the article so it's hard to comment it.

Translation,

Being on fire balls over Småland
Meteorit suspecting have hit down near Växjö
A being on fire ball was seen last night on the sky above Småland - and Blekingetrakten. “the saw out as a nyårsraket that was shot down against the land instead for up”, describes a vittne the phenomenon, that was visible clearly in several seconds. The can mess itself about a meteorit as hit down somewhere in the area.

Mejla
Saw you the being on fire ball? Has you pictures? Mejla Aftonbladet.

When Christel Jonassson driven automotive average Sölvesborg and Karlshamn in Blekinge yesterday around 19.30-tiden saw she a sudden being on fire object on the sky.
- the compared a raket that is on road to explode, the difference was only that the not exploded without continued to fall over the sea, tells she.
A while intended Christel Jonasson and her daughter, that also where with in the car, that the could to last a distress signal from some boat.
- but the farms of course to be red, says she.

Larmade the police
Other readers have mailat to Aftonbladet.se and tells that the approximately at same time the seen phenomenon over Kristianstad in northwestern Skåne, and in Ydre, in southern Östergötland. “the saw out as a nyårsraket that was shot down against the land instead for up! ”, types a reader. “the ball each enlit samme readers synigt in three to four seconds.
The police in Växjö might around 19.20 - the time yesterday a deliberation of a person that said himself to see a” glowed or being on fire balls” on the sky above Hovmantorp, southeast about Växjö. The object fell against the land, tells on duty command at Växjöpolisen.
The police gave the dossier further to the Swedish government official report alarm ring, that also had got a deliberation from another person that portrayed same sight, in Liatorp, some 10 km söder about Växjö.
The rescue service went out to the lands around Hovmantorp and Liatorp in order to search after fires, among other thing from fire air transports, but no eldsvådor was observed. What the glowed ball was for some is still unknown, the can mess themselves about a meteorit. Each ball hit down is still unknown.

I ment to do a rough translation of the article, but stuff interfered, and then I forgot about it. Sorry.

I´ll do a correction of the automated translation that was posted previously.
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Burning sphere over Småland (state)
Meteor suspected of impact near Växjö (town)
A burning sphere was seen last night in the sky above Småland and Blekinge. “It looked like a new years eve rocket that was shot towards the ground instead of up”, describes a witness about the phenomenon, that was clearly visible for several seconds. It could be a meteor which has impacted in the area.

When Christel Jonassson were driving between Sölvesborg and Karlshamn yesterday around 19.30 she suddenly saw a burning object in the sky.
It looked like a rocket about to explode, the difference was it didn´t explode but kept falling over the water. For a while Christel Jonasson, and her daughter, who also was with her in the car, thought that it could have been a distress flare from a boat.
- But they are usually red, she said.

Notified the police
Other readers have e-mailed Aftonbladet.se and reported that at approximately the same time they also saw the phenomenon over Kristianstad in northwestern Skåne, and in Ydre, in southern Östergötland. “It looked like a new years eve rocket that was shot down against the land instead for up! ”, types a reader. “the sphere was visible for about three to four seconds" wrote the same source.
The police in Växjö got a call about 19.20 from a person who said to have seen a ”glowing or burning object” on the skies above Hovmantorp, southeast of Växjö. The object fell towards the ground, says the police on duty.

The police passed the case over to SOS Alarm, who had also gotten a call about the same sighting, in Liatorp, some 10 km south of Växjö.
The rescue service went out to Hovmantorp and Liatorp in order to search for fires. But none could be found. What the glowing sphere was is still unknown, it could be a meteor. Where the sphere impacted is still unknown.

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its not perfect, but somewhat easier to read.

[edit on 15-6-2006 by Dawnaj]