03 February 2012

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 03FEB2012

Meteor Madness Lights Up Switchboards - News9.com - Oklahoma ...
Hundreds of 911 calls poured into dispatchers in central Oklahoma Wednesday evening keeping police busy chasing a green light in the sky.
www.news9.com/story/.../meteor-madness-lights-up-switchboa...

Witnessing the meteor - KLTV 7 News Tyler, Longview, Jacksonville |
Some of you saw it burning through the sky last night, but it happened so fast, most that saw the ball of light streaking through the East Texas sky didn't have time ...
www.kltv.com/story/16665587/witnessing-the-meteor

Meteor hurtled over Texas on Wednesday night -- Fire in the Sky ...
Witnesses spotted it from Oklahoma City to south of Waco At about 8 p.m. on Wednesday night, ameteor zipped across the sky over Dallas, then burst into a ...
www.sott.net/.../241003-Meteor-hurtled-over-Texas-on-Wedn...

FAA: Fireball in Texas sky likely a meteor - Action News 5 - Memphis ...
The Federal Aviation Administration says a streaking light seen in the skies over parts of Texas and Oklahoma was likely a meteor.
www.wmctv.com/.../faa-fireball-in-texas-sky-likely-a-meteor

UFO or meteor? Texas police dashboard camera captures bright light crashing to ...
ITN NEWS
A dashboard camera in a police car captures a bright light, that local authorites say was probably ameteor, falling to Earth. . Report by Mark Morris. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at ...

Texas Fireball Glows Colors While Barking Out Sonic Booms :
He added that he did not observe the fireball but heard the sonic boom that came after it. His description of the sight according to other reports he had heard was ...
theintelhub.com/.../texas-fireball-glows-colors-while-barking-...

Scanning our skies for the next near-miss asteroid
This is Cornwall
The meteor-watchers, based at the Norman Lockyer Observatory, perched on hills just east of Sidmouth, have a detection system with outstations running along the south of England from Tavistock to Southend-on-sea, as well as others in Derbyshire and ...

Meteorite hunters say big payday may be on the ground east of Dallas
WFAA
"This is going to be a huge, huge meteorite," said meteor hunter McCartney Taylor. "I think that it was at least the size of an SUV when it came into the atmosphere. It was large enough and it fragmented enough to where it was visible, [so] it could ...

Object Over Texas Skies Believed To Be Bolide Meteorite
KBTX
It turns out there's a lot of meteorite myths out there. Texas A&M Astronomy Professor Nicholas Suntzeff tells us what was high in the sky was likely only about the size of your fist. "If they do hit the earth they are not hot they are cold.

Meteor spotted in Kansas
KSN-TV
While most meteorites are never found because they land in the ocean, Kansans seem to stumble upon the space rocks more often than others. “ Kansas actually ranks second in the US for recordedmeteorite falls and the only state ahead of us is Texas ...

Meteor sighted in South Texas sky
KSAT San Antonio
Turns out that flash across the sky was a fireball, better known as a meteor. Eric Schlegel is a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at UTSA. He said most meteors are the size of a grain of sand, and people don't often see them.

'Meteorite Men' host discusses meteor's fall
WFAA Dallas-Fort Worth Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:35 AM PST
DALLAS - Mother Nature gave a show last night in North Texas. A meteor lit up the skies and hundreds of viewers flooded the WFAA Facebook page and called our newsroom reporting their sighting. On video, it only lasts a few seconds, but that's all it took for people to see it as far south as San Antonio, all the way up to Oklahoma City and west of Abilene. This morning, Steve Arnold, a host on ...

Did you see that? Meteorite passes over South Texas
KENS 5 San Antonio Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:07 AM PST
A green fireball streaked across the Texas sky Wednesday night. Sightings of the meteor flooded in from South Texas all the way to Oklahoma. The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed on Wednesday night that it was a meteorite. South Texans reported the flash in the sky around 8 p.m. There were even reports of a sonic boom in other parts of the state. There are no reports yet of the debris ...

Fireball Over Texas Caught By Police Dash Cam | Space.com
A squad car from the Little River-Academy Police Department in Texas captured a fireball ...
www.space.com/14454-fireball-texas-caught-police-dash-cam...

Large Fireball Event Over Central Texas 2/1/2012 @ 20:00 CST ...
The American Meteor Society has received over 125 witness reports about a large fireball spotted over central texas. Click the map below for an interactive ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../large-fireball-event-over-central-texas...

FAA: Fireball was likely a meteor
UPI.com
2 (UPI) -- The Federal Aviation Administration said a ball of fire reported in the sky over Texas was most likely a meteor. The FAA said it received reports ranging from Houston to Oklahoma about the fireball in the sky Wednesday evening, ...

What was that bright streak in the East Texas night sky?
KTRE
KTRK-TV in Houston reports that the FAA has confirmed the object was a meteor. TV stations across Texas are reporting similar sightings. In some areas, meteor sightings were accompanied by reports of a "sonic boom." Most KTRE viewers described a ...

Fireball passes over Texas
KVUE
Sightings of the meteor flooded in from South Texas all the way to Oklahoma. Central Texans reported the flash in the northwest sky around 8 pm There were even reports of a sonic boom in other parts of the state. "The greenish color indicates there may ...

Bright light seen in Okla., Texas likely a meteor
The Federal Aviation Administration says a bright, streaking light seen in the skies over parts of ...
kjrh.com

Meteor sighting reported across Texas to Oklahoma
Austin American-Statesman (blog)
By American-Statesman staff | Wednesday, February 1, 2012, 09:29 PM Possible meteor sightings have been reported in Texas and Oklahoma this evening, according to news reports. Multiple reports of sightings have come in to officials from across Travis ...

Video Police camera spots meteor soaring across sky Telegraph
Police camera spots meteor soaring across sky. Rather than the usual speeding motorist a police car dashboard camera in the US caught something slightly ...
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../Police-camera-spots-meteor-soaring-a...

Meteor Soars Over Texas Skies | Video - ABC News
Police dash-cam captured the bright light that was seen as far as Kansas.
abcnews.go.com/US/.../meteor-soars-over-texas-skies-154963...

FAA Confirms Meteor Sighting In Oklahoma - News9.com ...
The FAA has confirmed a meteor streaked across the Oklahoma sky about 8 p.m. Wednesday.
www.news9.com/.../faa-confirms-meteor-sighting-in-oklahom...

Meteor Sighted Over Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas
A meteor sighting over Kansas and hundreds of miles south to Texas has been stirring up a lot of conversation among viewers. The meteor sighting we told you ...
www.kake.com/.../Meteor_Sighted_Over_Kansas_Oklahoma_...

Meteor Streaks Across North Texas Sky
Did you see the meteor shooting across the sky last night around 8PM? Hundreds of people had their eyes to the sky at just the right time to see not just any ...
1037litefm.radio.com/.../meteor-streaks-across-north-texas-sky...

Meteor sighted in South Texas sky | News - Home
Meteor sighted in South Texas sky. ... Hundreds of people saw a meteor Wednesday night in Texas. Those sightings help experts determine the track of that ...
www.ksat.com/news/Meteor-sighted-in.../-/index.html

Residents In Kan., Okla., Texas Spot Meteor - Kansas City Weather ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The sky lit up Wednesday night in parts of Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Thursday, February 2, 2012.
www.kmbc.com/weather/30358281/detail.html

Did You See The Texas/Oklahoma Meteor? - Abilene News Story ...
ABILENE, Texas -- Did you see anything strange in the sky Wednesday night? Wednesday, February 1, 2012.
www.ktxs.com/news/30355383/detail.html

Raw Video: Watch Meteor Over Okla. City - Video ...
Video courtesy of James Beauchamp, an Oklahoma City resident who happens to host a skycam ...
koco.com

Meteor Caught on Police Dash Camera
The meteor that flashed across Austin Wednesday night caused quite a buzz and before it ...
myfoxaustin.com

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Video -- Man-Made or Meteorite? -- National ...
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