26 February 2016

Daytime fireball seen over Luxembourg, Saarland & Rheinland-Pfalz (SW Germany)

Daytime fireball seen over Luxembourg, Saarland & Rheinland-Pfalz (SW Germany)
reported by meteordetective
UPDATE: FRI-26-FEB-2016 12:54Z

American Meteor Society received 208 reports about this event, which can be viewed at the link below.  This was a major event.

http://www.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/event/2016/732

2 x sources:

http://www.lessentiel.lu/de/news/story/18615313

http://www.sr.de/sr/home/nachrichten/panorama/mysterioese_himmelsphaenomene100.html

Basic translation of articles via https://translate.google.com/

Summary:
Fireball was observed at lunchtime by several people who called the local authorities, reported it to radio stations and posted on Facebook about their sightings.  Approximate location: 45°49'N,06°38'E.  Time: +/-11:30 CET/10:30Z.  Possibility of meteorites being found.

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