newVideoPlayer( {"source":"motionboxTranslated","player":"http:\/\/video.gawkerassets.com\/127674033-f2f05ee2c9d281d7-flv.flv","native_source":{"thumbnail":"","sources":[{"url":"http:\/\/video.gawkerassets.com\/127674029-9416756722819bd5-mpeg4_online_sd.mp4","codec":"video\/mp4","width":500,"height":319.65}]},"width":500,"height":319.65,"key":"#@729b1ef2eb63513996a","swfUrl":"http:\/\/video.gawkerassets.com\/flowplayer\/flowplayer.commercial-3.2.7.swf","agegate":false} ); Not to disturb your slumber, sheeple, but a massive spherical fireball lit up the skies across the Midwestern US last night. It emitted a sonic boom, and broke into pieces. This was a "meteor," according to government agents. Mmm. [CNN]