Sweden / Finland / Estonia Green Bolide Meteor Fireball 27JUN2011

Composite Image of 27JUN2011 Meteor Event as Seen from Mikkeli Ursa,Finland
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Sweden Bolide Meteor Fireball ~23:55 Sweden Local Time 27JUN2011
We(3 persons) saw a very bright GIANT "starfall", time duration: about 2 seconds.

Fallowed by lightning all over the sky, looked like flashes -Time duration: about 4 seconds.

No sounds afterwards.

Tobbe  Thank you Tobias!

Gryt, Sweden greenish light ~23:45 on 27 June 2011
Aloha. My name is Curtis Zimmerman. My girlfriend and I witnessed
effects from the meteor last night.We were laying in bed watching a movie and the room filled with
flashes of greenish light at approximately 23:45 on 27 June 2011 (as
opposed to the 23:55 reported by others). I immediately ran to a
nearby window and attempted to spot anything in the sky, however
apparently the meteor (as I suspect it to be, judging from all of the
signs of the event) had already passed directly overhead. We are on a
small island near the town of Gryt in Sweden, southwest of Stockholm
by about 150km or so. I put on some shorts and shoes, and ran outside
in the yard to see if I could spot anything else, and noticed a
twisting, irregularly-shaped "contrail" left by something extremely
recent, and I assumed thereafter that this trail was left by the
(re)entering object. My girlfriend and I had been standing outside
approximately 60-75 seconds after the flashes of extremely bright
light, when we heard (from overhead) a very distant, distinct,
rumbling sound, not unlike a consistent kind of thunder, but not
exactly like that of a jet plane. The rumbling sound lasted
approximately 10 to 15 seconds, then trailed off faintly. I am in the
military and have extensive experience with aerial phenomenon and
suspect this event to be a meteor or possibly a piece of re-entering
space trash. I am no meteorologist or weather expert, but juding on my
experience with timing sound to light events, I calculate the
approximate distance of the object to be about 20-30km directly over
our point of observation. Hope this helps,-curtisz  Thank You Curtisz!

Jonkoping, Sweden Bolide ~23:30 27JUN2011
I saw the meteor on 27 June 2011 at approximately 23:30 (ish) whilst in Jonkoping, Sweden.
I've seen meteors / comets before, but this was something else. It was so close it was unbelievable, and looked more like something out of a movie.
My girlfriend who was driving at the time didn't see it and still thinks I am making it up!!
It was awwwesome!!! R R Pilcher 


North Estonia
I saw it too, and im living in North-Estonia. i was on my way home. it was nothing like i had ever seen before, it was so bright and moving in straight line, down the sky far far away. as i was looking it, trying to understand what it is, it suddenly turned to flames, and that point i got somewhat scared, my head twisted and i started to walk faster to my home, which is at higher grounds, seemed safer. glad it didnt turn out so badly. -Sew
I saw it from Sweden too! Amazing, too bad I didn't caught it on video! -Anon.


Kirkas tulipallo näkyi Etelä-Suomessa - lentorata Tukholman suunnalla - Tähdet ja avaruus

"Kyseisestä kappaleesta on saattanut pudota meteoriitti, mutta on yhä mahdollista että kohde on palanut loppuun ilmakehässä",  tulipallotyöryhmän matemaatikko Esko Lyytinen sanoo.

"There may have been a meteorite fall, but it is still possible that the target  burned out in the atmosphere," fireball group mathematician, Esko Lyytinen says...

 ...http://www.avaruus.fi/


Light phenomenon excites Uusimaa meteor spotters (in Finland)
YLE.fi

An extraordinary light phenomenon was visible in the southern province of Uusimaa on Monday night. Eyewitnesses described the phenomenon as a yellow ball with a green trailing flash.... (more)

http://www.yle.fi/uutiset/news/2011/06/light_phenomenon_excites_uusimaa_meteor_spotters_2689845.html

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