CHINO, Calif. (AP) -- An unidentified object fell from the sky and spooked Roswell residents.
Roswell Avenue residents aren't sure what the unidentified falling object was, but it streaked across the sky about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday and apparently hit the ground, touching off a fire that destroyed a neighbor's shed.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said they got calls from Chino residents and motorists on the 210 and 71 freeways reporting that an unidentified object was landing or crashing in town.
``Somebody told one of the fire officials that they saw a plane crash,'' said fire Capt. Kim Johnson, who responded to the shed fire on Cozzens Street, close to Roswell.
A helicopter search determined there wasn't a plane crash.
``There are a lot of people who are convinced that something came out of the sky - that there was something unexplainable, a light falling from the sky,'' Johnson said.
Somebody called in saying they saw fire in the sky, sheriff's spokeswoman Debra Holman said. ``At first we thought it was a transformer but it's still undetermined.''
Fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of the fire.
``There may be a simple explanation,'' Johnson said. ``But who knows?''
