04 March 2012

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 4MAR2012

'Meteor shower' dazzles the Victorian sky
NEWS.com.au
A meteor shower lit up the sky across Victoria last night. Picture: Herald Sun Source: PerthNow VICTORIANS have reported seeing a meteor shower dazzle the sky in several locations throughout the state last night. Police have also had reports of the ...

Amazingly SLOW Fireball... Meteor? UFO Over the ...
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Meteor sighting sparks alarm
Lancashire Evening Post
Photo credit should read: Ben Birchall/PA Wire By Aasma Day Sightings of a meteorprompted a frenzy of calls to Lancashire Police from alarmed members of the public. Eye-witnesses reported seeing a “fireball” in the sky from around 9.40pm on Saturday.

Meteor spotted in Cumbrian sky
News & Star
Police and Coastguard services received calls from startled members of the public who reported seeing a fireball with a long tail shortly before 10pm. This footage was captured on a camera in the north east at 9.40pm. Article continues below.

Got an asteroid heading our way
SFBay
2012 DA14 is the name assigned to a 200-foot wide meteor that Spanish astronomers discovered last month and was confirmed by other astronomers. NASA's published data shows that on February 15, 2013, 2012 DA14 will pass very close to Earth ...

BBC News - Meteor witnessed across Britain
Police forces say they have received a number of calls reporting what is believed to have been ...
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Meteor lights up the sky across England
Daily Mail
By Daily Mail Reporter Police forces across the UK were inundated with calls last night after a large fireball, thought to be a meteor, was spotted in the sky. Reports of a 'bright light' and an 'orange glow' were received by police across Scotland and ...

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'Meteor' sight swamps switchboards
Belfast Telegraph
Police forces across the UK have received numerous calls after a meteor was spotted in the sky. Eyewitnesses reported seeing a large fireball travelling from northern Scotland to southern England at around 9.40pm on Saturday.

Meteor Mystery Flashes Across British Skies
Isle of Wight Radio
Police forces and astronomy website have been inundated with sightings after a suspected meteorshot across darkened British skies. Reports of a "bright light" and an "orange glow" were received by police across Scotland and the north of England around ...

Meteor 'fireball' spotted in night sky across UK
The Guardian
Police forces across the UK have received numerous calls after a large fireball, thought to be a meteor, was spotted in the sky. Reports of a "bright light" and an "orange glow" were received by police across Scotland and the north of England at around ...

Laura Yusef saw the fireball whilst in a car on the M6
BBC News
Scientists have said it was likely to have been a chunk of debris that vaporised as it struck the Earth's atmosphere. Laura Yusef saw the fireball whilst in a car on the M6. Laura Yusef from Surrey , England saw the fireball whilst in a car on the M6.

Meteor: 'Massive ball of flames'
BBC News
Scientists have said it was likely to have been a chunk of debris that vaporised as it struck the Earth's atmosphere. Laura Yusef saw the fireball whilst in a car on the M6.Meteor spotted by Phil Haslett in Whitley Bay.

BBC News - Meteor: 'Orange nucleus, green tail'
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A number of police forces have said they've received calls reporting what is thought to have ...
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BBC News - Meteor: 'Massive ball of flames'
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Police forces across Britain say they have received calls after a large meteorwas spotted.
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Meteor Mystery Across British Skies Scotland And England Witness ...
Police forces and astronomy website have been inundated with sightings after a suspected meteorshot across darkened British skies.
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Fireball frenzy: 'Meteorite' sighting over UK sees police inundated with calls
Mirror.co.uk
People described seeing a bright fireball moving across the sky with a large tail. The Kielder Observatory also reported the sighting of a "huge fireball" travelling from north to south over Northumberland at 9.41pm. The Observatory posted on Twitter: ...

Meteor Cam (Dome) - Sat Mar 03 21-40-53 2012 ...
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Large fireball captured with my meteor cam 3rd March 2012 9.40, camera is south east facing ...
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Huge Meteor Passing Over Whitley Bay , UK. 3 March 2012
YouTube
Footage filmed by my brother-in-law Steve. Filmed on Saturday 3 March 2012 at approx 21:30. A family outing to the laser lights displayed at St. Mary's Island Whitley Bay and captured a bit of video of a meteorite going overhead.

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Massive Fireball Witnessed Over The UK By Countless Observers
Universe Today
by Adrian West on March 4, 2012 A large meteor seen in the sky over the UK, near a rainbow light display. Credit: Mike Ridley. On the evening of March 3rd 2012 at approximately 21:40 GMT, an incredibly bright fireball/bollide was seen over the United...

'Meteorite' spotted over the UK
The Press Association
Police forces across the UK have been inundated with calls after what is believed to be a meteoritewas spotted in the sky. Reports of a "bright light" and an "orange glow" were received by police across Scotland and the north of England around 9.40pm ...

Bright Meteor Streaks Across NH Sky - Video - WMUR ...
It was reddish-orange and only appeared in the sky for a moment or two, but it has a lot of people ...
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Fireball Over Glasgow
At approximately 9:40 pm local time, an especially large and persistent meteor—a fireball—was widely seen over Scotland and northwestern England, heading south. Footage from a meteor cam shows the fireball for several seconds, and a ...
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Meteor lights up the sky across England | Mail Online
Thousands of stargazers witnessed a spectacular meteor shower as light exploded after streaking across the night sky for more than 30 seconds.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/.../Meteor-lights-sky-England.html

Meteor - North East of England 3rd march 2012
YouTube
meteor or comet crossing from North West to South East at about 9.45pm 3/3/2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np8U68KiDoQ&feature=player_embedded.

METEOR SEEN IN SKIES OVER BRITAIN
Express.co.uk
SHOCKED people across Britain last night spotted what was believed to be a meteor shooting across the sky. Thousands of witnesses reported a fireball with a large tail across Scotland, northern England and the Midlands. The Met Office received dozens ...

Meteorite spotted across Britain
BBC News
Police forces say have they received a number of calls reporting what is believed to have been a meteorite. Reports of a "bright light" and an "orange glow" came in across the north of England and Scotland at about 21:40 GMT amid fears a plane had...

Hundreds report meteorite sighting
The Independent
Police were inundated with reports of a glowing ball of orange light in the sky as a suspectedmeteorite passed over the north of England and Scotland last night. Durham police said the light was described to them as "a fire in the sky" by concerned ...

Large meteor spotted over UK Telegraph
Large meteor spotted over UK. Police forces across the UK have been inundated with calls after what is believed to be a meteor was spotted in the sky ...
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../Large-meteor-spotted-over-UK.html

Earth 'formed from diverse mix of meteorites'
Zee News
Washington: Earth might have formed from collisions of many different types ofmeteorites, scientists suggest. Our planet is thought to have formed around 4.5 billion years ago from a disk of dust grains left over from the cloud of material that built ...

Fireball in sky causes UFO fever | The Sun |News
POLICE have been “inundated” by callers reporting a “bright orange light” in the sky.
www.thesun.co.uk/sol/.../Fireball-in-sky-causes-UFO-fever.ht...

Mystery Meteor Flashes Across British Skies - Yahoo!
Read 'Mystery Meteor Flashes Across British Skies' on Yahoo!. Police forces and astronomy ...
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