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The agency said fragments of the asteroid likely survived the plunge to Earth.
"There are no reports of any damage or injuries -- just a lot of light and few sonic booms," said Bill Cooke in NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. "If Doppler radar is any indication, there are almost certainly meteorites scattered on the ground north of Tucson."
Phoenix Police Department spokesman Sgt. Jonathan Howard said police received about 60 calls related to the meteor.
"Many of the callers mistakenly believed they were being burglarized due to the accompanying sound created," Howard told CNN.
The Arizona Department of Transportation shared photos on Twitter showing the trail left behind in the sky after the meteor crashed.
In the northeastern sky, here's the trail from what seemed to be a meteor. pic.twitter.com/tQIaOpBGLI
— Arizona DOT (@ArizonaDOT) June 2, 2016
Here's another view of the possible meteor trail from the East Valley. pic.twitter.com/D2u3xm4hB2
— Arizona DOT (@ArizonaDOT) June 2, 2016