01 July 2011

Belgium / Holland Meteor 1JUL2011

Belgium Meteor 11.50 pm (local time) 1JUL2011
I also saw a ball of fire heading for the east. Rather big, and with orange flashing flames. It was on the first of july 2011. About 11.50 pm (local time) in Belgium (Geel).
51° 10' 0" North, 5° 0' 0" East
Duration: about 1 minute
(comparison: looked like it was a satelite on fire) -Griet Liekens

Holland Meteor  2 July 00:24 local time (1 July 22:24 UTC).
There was a bright fireball this night (captured by a number of the Dutch all-sky stations), but 30 minutes after the quoted time, i.e. 2 July 00:24 local time (1 July 22:24 UTC).
The duration in this report is rather long, so it could be a satellite or a "Thai hot air balloon".
  -Marco Langbroek


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3 comments:

Marco Langbroek said...

There was a bright fireball this night (captured by a number of the Dutch all-sky stations), but 30 minutes after the quoted time, i.e. 2 July 00:24 local time (1 July 22:24 UTC).
The duration in this report is rather long, so it could be a satellite or a "Thai hot air balloon".

Anonymous said...

Saw extremely large/bright fireball, just before 00:25, 2 Jul '11, from Gasteren, Netherlands, cycling home, seemed to be heading eastwards, lasted seconds. Second largest I've ever seen, had a significant physical size to it (as opposed to a 'point source'), almost a 'moon', brilliant white colour.

Anonymous said...

Just before 00:25 2 Jul '11, Gasteren, Netherlands, cycling home in the dark. Extremely large and bright (in the top two that I've ever seen) heading east, long duration on the order of seconds, almost a 'full moon', brilliant white.