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Houston, Texas Meteor ~8:20 pm CST 7SEP2011
I just saw something big in the sky. I'm in Houston Texas, at around 8:20pm CST was facing east and saw a large what I think was meteor almost green in color lasting for about 4 seconds. From where I was looking it was moving South to North and started pretty low in the sky around tree line from where I was. It broke in two as it was dropping. It was so big I thought it was an airplane at first. Would love to know if anyone else saw it...Don't know what it was, but it was pretty cool!
Stephanie Turner Thank you Stephanie!
Houston Large Orange Meteor with Detonation ~8:20 pm 7SEP2011
While driving east on Fairview Avenue in the Montrose section of Houston, my wife and I witnessed a large orange colored meteor over downtown Houston at an angle of 30-35 degrees. The meteor fell to the north east of downtown and broke into two large pieces and was visible for about 5 seconds or so. Regards, Mark Thank you Mark!
Milton, Louisiana ~8:15 pm
My husband and I were sitting outside looking up something we just saw a meteor flying through the sky and then it suddenly stopped near the constellation Lyra. We were flabergastered about that and then I looked up and a enormous green and red fireball/meteor was falling to the earth! Duration of view ~ 10 seconds.
-Matt Thank you Matt and to your wife!
Duson, Louisiana
We are in Duson Louisiana and saw the same thing that Houston saw. A large white orange star that seemed to explode and fall from south to north in the western sky. It lasted 4-5 seconds. Seemed to separate at the end. Thought it may have been a falling plane as well. Was spectacular. I saw it from the front yard and ran inside to share what I had seen and my daughter ran in from the backyard and had seen it too. Awesome. -Michelle Thank you Michelle!
Houston,Texas 8:31pm CDT Sept.7, 2011
Saw a large green shooting star? Coming from a easterly direction downward to the west and then it separated into two separate parts before going out of site below the tree line. Was a lot larger than a shooting star so I assume it was a meteor. We are on the northwest side of Houston in the 77095 zip code. -Robert Thank you Robert!
Houston, Meteor 8:15 pm
My neighbor and I were sitting out in her front yard tonight, Sept. 7, 2011, in southwest Houston when, around 8:15 a bright white and yellow fireball fell from just above the tree line, in the eastern sky. It made no sound and only lasted about 4 seconds. It moved from right to left. It seemed to be only a few blocks away, but my neighbor thinks it was miles away. -Debra
High Island, TX ~8:20 pm
I saw the meteor from High Island, TX on the Gulf Coast as I sat on the porch at about 8:20 PM, September 7, 2011. It began at about 30-40 degrees and seemed to be "falling" toward the ground at a steep angle. It started as a white/orange object and broke into 5 pieces as it lowered to about 15 degrees from my location. It moved from the SE to the North and lasted for about 4 seconds. Brightness was high, brighter than the stars and as bright as the cell tower lights near here then it went dark.We are in a dark area near the coast. It was an amazing site. -Sharilene Angelo Thank you Sharilene!
Houston Big Greenish Fireball 8:12 pm CDT
I was facing East and saw a big greenish fireball traveling from South dropping toward the North. There was a trail of debris behind it. I lost sight of it as it dropped behind the skyline of houses and trees. Lasted about 3 seconds. I immediately looked at my cell phone and it was 8:12 pm CDT. -Roy and Jean Thank you Roy and Jean!
Friendswood, TX (southeast of Houston) 8:10 pm
I also witnessed a huge red and yellow fireball with a long tail traveling very low and slow across the sky at about 8:10 pm this evening while I was taking a walk. It was visible for about 5 seconds before it disappeared behind some trees. It was moving from South to North at about a 20 degree angle above the horizon. It was a spectacular sight I won't soon forget!
-Kathy Jones Thank you Kathy!
Austin, Texas
Just like all the people in Houston at 8:15 for about 4 seconds .. KeyeTv news Facebook page reports a helicopter crash but search crews found nothing!! I saw the meteor it was huge and FAST !!! -Teresa Thank you Teresa!
Duson, Louisiana
We are in Duson Louisiana and saw the same thing that Houston saw. A large white orange star that seemed to explode and fall from south to north in the western sky. It lasted 4-5 seconds. Seemed to separate at the end. Thought it may have been a falling plane as well. Was spectacular. I saw it from the front yard and ran inside to share what I had seen and my daughter ran in from the backyard and had seen it too. Awesome. -Michelle Thank you Michelle!
Houston,Texas 8:31pm CDT Sept.7, 2011
Saw a large green shooting star? Coming from a easterly direction downward to the west and then it separated into two separate parts before going out of site below the tree line. Was a lot larger than a shooting star so I assume it was a meteor. We are on the northwest side of Houston in the 77095 zip code. -Robert Thank you Robert!
Houston, Meteor 8:15 pm
My neighbor and I were sitting out in her front yard tonight, Sept. 7, 2011, in southwest Houston when, around 8:15 a bright white and yellow fireball fell from just above the tree line, in the eastern sky. It made no sound and only lasted about 4 seconds. It moved from right to left. It seemed to be only a few blocks away, but my neighbor thinks it was miles away. -Debra
Thank you Debra!
Houston Meteor
Considering meteors begin burning in the Mesophere, about 85 km up...some Trig could help figure out a distance away from Houston.. About 60 miles away...that's about what it seemed like...
Depending on the angle of entry...it could have been even closer...maybe as close as 40 miles...it was close enough where I saw it break into 3 smaller pieces and saw different colors in the visible spectrum in the heat trail.. I am in the 77004 zip of Houston, (Univ. of Houston)...
was walking home looking East...meteor was light about 3 seconds..-Ricardo Thank you Ricardo!
Depending on the angle of entry...it could have been even closer...maybe as close as 40 miles...it was close enough where I saw it break into 3 smaller pieces and saw different colors in the visible spectrum in the heat trail.. I am in the 77004 zip of Houston, (Univ. of Houston)...
was walking home looking East...meteor was light about 3 seconds..-Ricardo Thank you Ricardo!
High Island, TX ~8:20 pm
I saw the meteor from High Island, TX on the Gulf Coast as I sat on the porch at about 8:20 PM, September 7, 2011. It began at about 30-40 degrees and seemed to be "falling" toward the ground at a steep angle. It started as a white/orange object and broke into 5 pieces as it lowered to about 15 degrees from my location. It moved from the SE to the North and lasted for about 4 seconds. Brightness was high, brighter than the stars and as bright as the cell tower lights near here then it went dark.We are in a dark area near the coast. It was an amazing site. -Sharilene Angelo Thank you Sharilene!
Houston Big Greenish Fireball 8:12 pm CDT
I was facing East and saw a big greenish fireball traveling from South dropping toward the North. There was a trail of debris behind it. I lost sight of it as it dropped behind the skyline of houses and trees. Lasted about 3 seconds. I immediately looked at my cell phone and it was 8:12 pm CDT. -Roy and Jean Thank you Roy and Jean!
Friendswood, TX (southeast of Houston) 8:10 pm
I also witnessed a huge red and yellow fireball with a long tail traveling very low and slow across the sky at about 8:10 pm this evening while I was taking a walk. It was visible for about 5 seconds before it disappeared behind some trees. It was moving from South to North at about a 20 degree angle above the horizon. It was a spectacular sight I won't soon forget!
-Kathy Jones Thank you Kathy!
Austin, Texas
Just like all the people in Houston at 8:15 for about 4 seconds .. KeyeTv news Facebook page reports a helicopter crash but search crews found nothing!! I saw the meteor it was huge and FAST !!! -Teresa Thank you Teresa!
Covington, LA.
Hi, As I was traveling to pick my daughter up from softball practice tonight, I caught a few seconds of what everyone is describing. A large, green fireball traveling from S to N and fragmenting into two parts. It fell behind the tall pine trees. I asked my daughter if she had seen anything and she described exactly what I saw. It was about 8:15 and in Covington, LA.
-Joy and Rebecca Thank you Joy and Rebecca!
Blue, Texas
Looking east from my location in Blue, TX I saw an impressive meteor appear at approximately 30 degrees above the horizon moving from a 2 to 7 o'clock position. The meteor had a distinctive greenish hue and split into at least two pieces at about 15 degrees above the horizon. The duration of its visibility was about 5 seconds. i just happened to be looking in the right direction at the right moment. It was beautiful. -Steve Ross Thank you Steve!
Austin, Texas
I was driving home from a meeting in Austin, TX this evening right around 8:20 or so and saw a ridiculous meteor due East right as I got on highway 290. It was so big I thought it was some sort of firework, but since it was East (over Bastrop co.), I knew that couldn't be the case... Then I thought maybe a rescue flare? Anyway... now I realize it was a meteor! Greenish fireball streaking across the sky heading North!!! Amazing. -Tommy Lather Thank you Tommy!
Houston, TX
It was really bright. I am in West Houston. We were at the stoplight at
Wilcrest heading east on Memorial. At first at thought it was a plane
flying in an awkward downward direction. Then I realized it was a meteor
because it was so bright against the dark sky. Even though I was in the
city, it was amazing how defined it was because the sky was really black.
From my eastward looking direction it was falling from the South to the
North. It broke into two pieces and then into several before disappearing.
It was the first one my daughter has seen. She was too little to remember
seeing the Perseids when we went late one night years ago. -Jennifer Thank you Jennifer!
League City, TX
I spotted this in League City, Texas (south of Houston, north of Galveston). I was driving east and spotted an object in flames heading approximately northeast. I happened very fast, but my impression was it broke apart and then "vanished" from my view. I couldn't say if it "went out" or dipped below my horizon. I actually turned off my radio to listen for an impact as I considered it could have been a small plane going down. I am fairly close to both NASA and the George Observatory and I had been searching for confirmation regarding what I saw when I found your website. -Lisa Thank you Lisa!
Raceland, LA
My family and I had just viewed a passing of the International Space Station at 1955 over Raceland, LA. Approximatly 2025 I was looking just South of due West and saw a rather large fireball moving from South to North over the horizon at approximatly a 20-25 degree altitude. Color was a yellow to greenish duration of several seconds. Witnessed fireball break up into several large and many smaller pieces. Great night. Had a two for one, the ISS and a large Meteor, - Andre Thank you Andre!
Wilcrest heading east on Memorial. At first at thought it was a plane
flying in an awkward downward direction. Then I realized it was a meteor
because it was so bright against the dark sky. Even though I was in the
city, it was amazing how defined it was because the sky was really black.
From my eastward looking direction it was falling from the South to the
North. It broke into two pieces and then into several before disappearing.
It was the first one my daughter has seen. She was too little to remember
seeing the Perseids when we went late one night years ago. -Jennifer Thank you Jennifer!
League City, TX
I spotted this in League City, Texas (south of Houston, north of Galveston). I was driving east and spotted an object in flames heading approximately northeast. I happened very fast, but my impression was it broke apart and then "vanished" from my view. I couldn't say if it "went out" or dipped below my horizon. I actually turned off my radio to listen for an impact as I considered it could have been a small plane going down. I am fairly close to both NASA and the George Observatory and I had been searching for confirmation regarding what I saw when I found your website. -Lisa Thank you Lisa!
Raceland, LA
My family and I had just viewed a passing of the International Space Station at 1955 over Raceland, LA. Approximatly 2025 I was looking just South of due West and saw a rather large fireball moving from South to North over the horizon at approximatly a 20-25 degree altitude. Color was a yellow to greenish duration of several seconds. Witnessed fireball break up into several large and many smaller pieces. Great night. Had a two for one, the ISS and a large Meteor, - Andre Thank you Andre!
Lufkin, TX
I operate an all sky meteor camera about 100 miles north of Houston near Lufkin, TX. The Camera captured an event low in the southern sky at 01:10:51 UT and tracked it until 01:10:54. The computer clock is 61 seconds slower than GPS time so the corrected start time should be 01:11:52 UT or 8:11:52 PM CDT. The event is not very bright due to the smoke and haze caused by the ongoing wildfires in south eastern Texas. I didn't see evidence of fragmentation, but then the object is only a few pixels on the monitor. From my perspective it traveled from south towards the east. The camera is currently uncalibrated in azimuth but I could probably come up with a bearing estimate tomorrow since it skimmed the top of a tree. -Ernie Iverson
Thank you Ernie!
Romayor, TX
I also saw a fireball/meteor and thought it was a falling airplane..it was big, bright white and yellow/orange with a long tail that lasted 4-5 seconds. It was 8:20 cst when I saw it. I was facing south...it was coming from an easterly direction to the west traveling low. I am on the northside of Liberty County (Romayor). -Melissa Thank you Melissa!
Houston, TX (Southwest Houston)
I was sitting in my backyard in southwest Houston, Westbury neighborhood, at about 8:15 pm, looking in the eastern sky. I saw a very large white ball of fire with a tail coming down fast and low, at an angle, in the eastern sky. (Just like the pictures of meteors you see in books or magazines) It was as bright as a full moon on a clear night. I saw no other colors nor any breaking. It looked low and close. In reality it was probably far away on the east side of downtown Houston. -Noreen Thank you Noreen!
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Metairie, Louisiana
Seen on Sept 7, 2011 around 8:15 p.m. in Metairie, Louisiana -- I also saw this enormous white meteor or fireball with beautiful tail, fall in the western sky, low, streaking from South to North. It seemed to wobble and was slow moving, then it went down behind the trees. I was driving and thought it had to be a firework display but there was no noise. I turned into the neighborhood to see if any kids were shooting fireworks, just to rule that out, and no one was around. It had to be a fireball/meteor. Amazing to see such a huge one! It only appeared white to me and I missed seeing it "split". Lasted about 4 seconds. Very large and bright. -Daphne Thank you Daphne!
Houston, TX
I live in West houston (kirkwood & Memorial) when I saw the meteor passing for a short second or so. It is the second time in my life that I saw one that size. You could actually clearly see the "flaming or fiery" (for lack of a better word) trail behind and the relative slow speed at which it was falling. From the position I had I would say that the direction taken was rather heading on a East-northeast trajectory. However I had no open or global sky view to make a definite statement. I did not see the "breaking" of it as I have read in some other testimony but I can believe it since I only saw it quickly disappear behing houses roofs and could not follow it for very long. Too bad. Seeing a meteor of this size is a rather rare occurence. Last time I saw one that size was about 20 years ago in the south of France over the mediterranean sea. hope you can find it, I am sure it was a sizeable one and there shoud be something left on the ground. Goodluck.
-Chris Thank you Chris!
Dayton, Texas
My hubby and I were sitting outside enjoying the crisp cool weather facing east. Shortly after 8pm, we witnessed this huge fireball streaming across the sky. I thought it was an airplane going down. It was low in the sky traveling south to northeast. It was huge and seemed so close. It had a vivid orange tail that separated into another piece and then disappeared over the tree line. It was so close, we were expecting to hear a crash but heard nothing. It's the first time in my life I have ever seen one that close. It was truly an amazing sight! So glad I found this site to hear that other people in my area witnessed it too -Teresa Thank you Teresa!
Katy, TX ~10:00 PM CST
I was looking for others that may have saw what I saw last night and I came across your site, except that the witnesses all saw an event around 8:15 that lasted for 4-5 seconds. The event I saw was around 10:00 PM. I am about 20 miles east of Houston and it began over the sky, southeast of me, appearing right over Houston, from my vantage point. I thought it was a plane at first glance because it was flying at a very shallow angle, almost parallel to the ground and not very fast, consistent with the speed that a plane flies across the sky. However, it was giving off a variable orange glow that seemed to get brighter and slightly dimmer occasionally. It streaked all the way across the sky from south to north and got dimmer as it approached the northern sky and then burned out. It lasted for about 20-30 seconds. -Randy LeBlanc Thank you Randy!
League City, TX
I saw the same meteorite breakup SE of Houston, TX on 7 Sep 2011 described by many on your website. I was in League City, TX (SE of Houston) and walking outside with a friend in an easterly, northeasterly direction at approximately 8:20 pm CST. The initial appearance of the object into the atmosphere was so bright and low on the horizon that at first I thought it was an airplane. About 2-3 sec after initially seeing the object move in an easterly direction (right to left across the sky), it broke apart into at least 3 distinct objects. I was shocked as it reminded me of the footage of the breakup of STS-107 (Columbia) over East Texas in 2003. The breakup was so bright (orange/yellowish streaks with the objects themselves being bright and star-like) that it also reminded me of the fireworks shows seen in Kemah, TX over the water every Friday in the Summer. I was both amazed and startled thinking that we may have just witnessed something potentially catastrophic. Since there have been no reports of airplanes breaking up SE of Houston that night, it must have been a meteorite entering the atmosphere and breaking up.
Jonathan Bulseco -League City, TX Thank you Jonathan!
If YOU saw this or another meteor event we request your help by emailing us with your sighting report:
Date and Time of event? Location name (town,city) where you were when saw the meteor? Start and Stop location in sky? Direction of movement? Duration of Event (seconds)? Brightness ( in comparison with Venus, Moon, Sun) color, sounds? Photos? Videos? please email LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com Your reports make it possible for all to check what they saw as well. Thank you! 2011 The Year of Meteors!
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Metairie, Louisiana
Seen on Sept 7, 2011 around 8:15 p.m. in Metairie, Louisiana -- I also saw this enormous white meteor or fireball with beautiful tail, fall in the western sky, low, streaking from South to North. It seemed to wobble and was slow moving, then it went down behind the trees. I was driving and thought it had to be a firework display but there was no noise. I turned into the neighborhood to see if any kids were shooting fireworks, just to rule that out, and no one was around. It had to be a fireball/meteor. Amazing to see such a huge one! It only appeared white to me and I missed seeing it "split". Lasted about 4 seconds. Very large and bright. -Daphne Thank you Daphne!
Houston, TX
I live in West houston (kirkwood & Memorial) when I saw the meteor passing for a short second or so. It is the second time in my life that I saw one that size. You could actually clearly see the "flaming or fiery" (for lack of a better word) trail behind and the relative slow speed at which it was falling. From the position I had I would say that the direction taken was rather heading on a East-northeast trajectory. However I had no open or global sky view to make a definite statement. I did not see the "breaking" of it as I have read in some other testimony but I can believe it since I only saw it quickly disappear behing houses roofs and could not follow it for very long. Too bad. Seeing a meteor of this size is a rather rare occurence. Last time I saw one that size was about 20 years ago in the south of France over the mediterranean sea. hope you can find it, I am sure it was a sizeable one and there shoud be something left on the ground. Goodluck.
-Chris Thank you Chris!
Dayton, Texas
My hubby and I were sitting outside enjoying the crisp cool weather facing east. Shortly after 8pm, we witnessed this huge fireball streaming across the sky. I thought it was an airplane going down. It was low in the sky traveling south to northeast. It was huge and seemed so close. It had a vivid orange tail that separated into another piece and then disappeared over the tree line. It was so close, we were expecting to hear a crash but heard nothing. It's the first time in my life I have ever seen one that close. It was truly an amazing sight! So glad I found this site to hear that other people in my area witnessed it too -Teresa Thank you Teresa!
Katy, TX ~10:00 PM CST
I was looking for others that may have saw what I saw last night and I came across your site, except that the witnesses all saw an event around 8:15 that lasted for 4-5 seconds. The event I saw was around 10:00 PM. I am about 20 miles east of Houston and it began over the sky, southeast of me, appearing right over Houston, from my vantage point. I thought it was a plane at first glance because it was flying at a very shallow angle, almost parallel to the ground and not very fast, consistent with the speed that a plane flies across the sky. However, it was giving off a variable orange glow that seemed to get brighter and slightly dimmer occasionally. It streaked all the way across the sky from south to north and got dimmer as it approached the northern sky and then burned out. It lasted for about 20-30 seconds. -Randy LeBlanc Thank you Randy!
League City, TX
I saw the same meteorite breakup SE of Houston, TX on 7 Sep 2011 described by many on your website. I was in League City, TX (SE of Houston) and walking outside with a friend in an easterly, northeasterly direction at approximately 8:20 pm CST. The initial appearance of the object into the atmosphere was so bright and low on the horizon that at first I thought it was an airplane. About 2-3 sec after initially seeing the object move in an easterly direction (right to left across the sky), it broke apart into at least 3 distinct objects. I was shocked as it reminded me of the footage of the breakup of STS-107 (Columbia) over East Texas in 2003. The breakup was so bright (orange/yellowish streaks with the objects themselves being bright and star-like) that it also reminded me of the fireworks shows seen in Kemah, TX over the water every Friday in the Summer. I was both amazed and startled thinking that we may have just witnessed something potentially catastrophic. Since there have been no reports of airplanes breaking up SE of Houston that night, it must have been a meteorite entering the atmosphere and breaking up.
Jonathan Bulseco -League City, TX Thank you Jonathan!
If YOU saw this or another meteor event we request your help by emailing us with your sighting report:
Date and Time of event? Location name (town,city) where you were when saw the meteor? Start and Stop location in sky? Direction of movement? Duration of Event (seconds)? Brightness ( in comparison with Venus, Moon, Sun) color, sounds? Photos? Videos? please email LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com Your reports make it possible for all to check what they saw as well. Thank you! 2011 The Year of Meteors!