Show Uintah Basin Residents Observe Brilliant Meteor Flash Across Sky Many residents throughout the Basin Wednesday evening of last week saw a brilliant object flash across the western skies about pm Eyewitness reports said that the object apparently a meteor flashed across the night sky from east to west about and was visible about four seconds After the flash heavy ex ex- ex explosions rocked a large area The meteor was reported to have a fiery tall tail which some described as smoke or vapor The object was seen as far east cast as Kansas Kansas and as far west as California Scientific observers thought that the object was an exploding ding m meteor teor a not uncommon occurrence although one of this brightness is not usually seen |