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08SEP2016 Harry Alicea New Bern, NC 1805 5-10 seconds Southwest Bright White Almost as bright as the sun. None It caught me by surprise while driving, no video.
08SEP2016 Dennis Mayhand Winston Salem, NC 6:03pm 3-4 seconds Traveling east on 40 just left Peters Creek Pkwy heading back to Greensboro. The big white ball and be with red tail. Traveling very fast heading toward the ground. Whitest blue ball with red tail Bright! We couldn't tell if parts were falling from it.
08SEP2016 Lisa Nashville,nc 6:05 pm 20sun east white sun no very bright
08SEP2016 Hayden Best Apex NC 27502 1800 hrs EST 3-4 secs north 20 degree azimuth White bluish White bright No fragments fell straight down. Spotted by myself and my dad. We were not together at the time. I was out walking with mom and he was at home about 1/4 mile away. We might try intersection after dinner.
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Signs of the Times
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Fireball streaks across sky in North Carolina
WNCN
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WAVY-TV
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3 comments:
Cary, NC spotted meteor falling toward ground around 6 pm while facing North
Saw the same ball of fire while facing east at 6pm 9/8/16. Morrisville, NC. Only spotted it for a matter of seconds. White light
I was driving east from Raleigh on hwy 64 around 6:00 pm and I saw the fireball falling from the sky to the northeast from my location. It was yellowish and left a tail of smoke. So cool!
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