Lake County: No answer to landing of mysterious object

MADISON TWP. -- Was it some kind of aircraft that fell from the sky Thursday afternoon, or was it a meteorite?

Whatever it was left no trace in a field north of Route 20, though several apparently credible people saw it.

"As I saw it go lower toward the tree level I pulled over in my car and rolled the window down expecting to hear a crash or see flames," said local businessman Carl Fency.

"It may have been a meteorite. It had the glow of molten metal."

Sgt. Rick Barson of the Madison Township Police Department led the search for what was believed at the time to be some kind of small plane, perhaps an ultralight.

"Today we're thinking this was an atmospheric anomaly, a meteorite of some sort," he said.

Police are continuing their investigation.