About 6:30 - 6:40 pm at 4 12' North 73 34' West, we (me and my wife) saw a VERY large whitish meteor (unidentified object) falling, flying from North (litle/about 10-20 degrees to the northwest) to south (southeast). It was white in color, no tail, I could swear it was like a small rectangle with rounded edges, which makes me think it could have been a falling satellite or rocket stage, or some reentry craft. The fact I could distinguish an actual form, and not just a falling dot or dash in the sky shows how large it had to be. May be 1/10~1/15 of a full moon. Anyway we couldn't see it fall till the end, because of a tree blocking the view at the end. I have seen a lot of falling stars (meteorites) in my life, never one as bright and strange as this. It definitely wasn't a plane or something atmospheric, because it was moving too fast. Haven't read about any special tests. The Phobos Grunt mission is still in orbit. So actually I'm a little baffled. Any news on what it actually was would be very interesting to us. -Linas Thank you Linas!
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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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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!
