17 November 2013

OK TX KS MO CO NM Fireball Meteor 16NOV2013

Oklahoma,Texas, Kansas , Missouri, Colorado, and New Mexico  Fireball Meteor apprx. 21:47: CST 16NOV2013
Likely also seen in KS and MO based on MBIQ Bot Data.
Potential Meteorite Producer. 
Captured by Sandia Sentinel Allsky, Hawley, TX. 
Video posting pending.
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OK TX KS MO CO NM Fireball Meteor apprx. 21:47: CST 16NOV2013
v.4 c2013 LunarMeteoriteHunter / Google Earth
Still Image of Meteor Captured from Hawley, Texas
C 2013 Kevin Plaivec, Sandia Sentinal Allsky- Hawley, TX

Meteorite Caught on Dashcam in CQ County, KS
Posted on YouTube by Nathan Rees 5644 views
While sitting in CQ County Kansas I was fortunate enough to catch this amazing meteorite on my dash cam. It lit up the entire sky green and we were able to hear two loud explosions. You will see it at 0:53 into the video at 21:47:26 on the dash camera time. Enjoy
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v.1 Very Rough Ballpark Estimate of Meteorite Fall
posted 18NOV2013 0710 JST
SUBJECT TO UPDATE
-LunarMeteoriteHunter / Google Earth
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v.2 Rough Ballpark Estimate of Meteorite Fall based on sighting reports and one allsky camera
posted 18NOV2013 0907 JST
SUBJECT TO UPDATE
-LunarMeteoriteHunter / Google Earth
Persons living in KANSAS and interested in tracking this may email me directly
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 LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com
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v.3 3rd Base Estimate of Meteorite Fall based on sighting reports, one allsky camera and dashcam
posted 18NOV2013 2340 JST
SUBJECT TO UPDATE
-LunarMeteoriteHunter / Google Earth
Persons living in KANSAS and interested in tracking this may email me directly
 EMAIL WITH YOUR PHONE # @
 LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmil.com
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Solution Prior to Radar by Dirk Ross, LunarMeteoriteHunter
Radar Return Confirmed as Meteor Return by Jodie Reynolds.
Blip initially located by Marc Fries from my estimated fall location, but not confirmed.
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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
16NOV2013 Rudy Frisco, TX, USA 21:48:00 2 N-W Yellow Sun No None

16NOV2013 Chris Walker Oklahoma City/OK/United States 9:45/Central/P.M. Seconds n-w/Right to Left Bright Streak With Tail Sun no Awesome!

16NOV2013 Anita Lubbock Tx around 9:45pm 2-3 seconds north east orange with green trail not as bright as the sun . no none

16NOV2013 Sharon H. Mustang, Oklahoma, USA 21:45:00 2 I was driving due north - saw a green fireball northwest of me traveling straight down, perpendicular to the horizon Green Bright flare, fading as it traveled - compared to fading fireworks' intensity Uncertain Unusual in that it did not streak in an arc - appeared to be streaking straight down.

16NOV2013 Brian Edmond, OK, USA 21:40:00 2 seconds South Yellow and Orange Bright Moon behind it no

At 9:45 pm CST I seen a fireball lasting 2 to 3 seconds in the western sky. Im located in Harrah oklahoma. The fireball seemed to move straight down. It wad bright green and flared up to a bright white with sparks. Jason O.

MBIQ Dataset-
Muskogee, Oklahoma arrived from search.yahoo.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Breaking News - Major TX, OK, AR, MO, KS, CO, NE, NM Green Fireball Meteor ~9:21CDT 23MAR2011" by searching for bright meteorite in oklahoma at 9:47 pm tonight.
14:06:16 -- 2 minutes ago

Russell, Kansas arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: OK TX Fireball Meteor 16NOV2013" by searching for meteor November 16,2013.
13:56:51 -- 11 minutes ago

Edmond, Oklahoma arrived from bing.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching formeteor in oklahoma nov 16 2013.
13:52:01 -- 15 minutes ago

Crocker, Missouri arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching forgreen fireball falling from sky.
13:35:37 -- 31 minutes ago

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2 comments:

Unknown said...

Wellington , ks (N)
Bright orange and red fireball chased by a yellow
Tail, looked like lighting and a shooting star....
Awesome wish I could have taken a picture.

Unknown said...

Bright Red and Orange flash chased by a yellow tail, then a flash like lighting, north of Wellington ks
Looked like a lighting flash and an explosion..(N)

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