Showing posts with label Breaking meteor news. Show all posts
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03 August 2012

Breaking Meteor News: Sao Paulo, Brasil Bolide? 29JUL2012

Breaking Meteor News: Sao Paulo, Brasil Bolide? 29JUL2012

Object dropped from the sky would cause 'an accident' Alleged plane crash would, in fact, a meteorite, Campinas sighting records
by IVAN GOMES / KAREN TIMPONE / MARI GIRO
A fireball, fireball, or would have been the cause of the incident that mobilized rescue teams and the regional press on Monday afternoon in the neighborhood of Tapera Grande. ...
http://www.redebomdia.com.br/noticia/detalhe/29219/Objeto+caido+do+ceu+seria+causa+de+'acidente'

'Expedition' looks for signs of meteorite Itatiba
After reporting in Campinas, an astronomer sees signs of the fall of cosmic material in the burned area of 300 meters in diameter. ...
http://correio.rac.com.br/correio-popular/noticias--correio-popular/124079/2012/07/31/expedicao-busca-sinais-de-meteorito-em-itatiba.html

Search Campinas track object that had fallen from the sky
Early Sunday morning, couple spotted white light shaped comet falls toward the Etec
The Municipal Observatory astronomer Jean Nicolini, the District of Joaquim Egidio, Julio Lobo is in search of evidence that may explain the alleged fall of an object from the sky in the Park area Taquaral in Campinas, in the early hours of last Sunday (29) . ...
http://www.rac.com.br/noticias/campinas-e-rmc/138891/2012/07/30/campinas-busca-pista-de-objeto-que-teria-caido-do-ceu.html

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Important note:  Meteors/Meteorites DO NOT cause fires.  They are cold to only warm when they land UNLESS they are big enough to create an impact crater and kinetic energy is released.
It was most likely an electrical fire from power lines and a power surge or transformer failure.


2012 THE Year of Meteors!

08 June 2012

Breaking News , نيزك -MBIQ Detects Lebanon / Israel / Turkey / Cyprus Bolide Meteor Fireball? or Failed Missile Launch? 7JUN2012

Breaking News -MBIQ Detects Lebanon/ Israel / Turkey / Cyprus Bolide Meteor Fireball?- NOT  .... Failed Missile Launch!!! 7JUN2012- شهاب‌سنگ ,
Meteor Bot Internet Query (MBIQ) bot just triggered on a possible event seen in Lebanon, Cyprus and Turkey.  Confirmed "Event" at 20:50 Beirut Local Time.

Appears to be a fuel dump from a rocket launch!!!
-LunarMeteorite*Hunter - Tokyo
Kapustin Yar Test Site to Beirut, Lebanon distance is approximately 1800km.
Exact flight path is not known.
(CLICK on image to enlarge)
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This has been identified as a Russian Topol ICBM test from the Kapustin Yar test site.
Dr Marco Langbroek 
 - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands.
Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com


Initial Sighting Reports:
07JUN2012 Sietske Galama Beirut  20:50 BEIRUT TIME A good 15 seconds before it ;fizzled out in a spiral movement In the northern sky, a little under the Big Dipper Mainly a white wedged shaped cloud with a light at the point. Like the light of a landing plane (we thought intially it was a plne as we are on a landing route) No, left smoke (we assume) It was a wedge shaped cloud, with a light at the point. We thought initially it was a landing plane entering a cloud. It lit that wedge-shaped cloud fomr some 10 seconds,and then suddenly the light tunred a couple of spirals and disappeared. A smoke ring appeared.

07JUN2012 Eric Northern Afghanistan 2300 AFT 60 sec left to right direction. I was facing north west white light and blue tint light moon brightness no Just wanted to report that this was NOT a meteor. It looked almost 100% identical to the incident in DEC 2009 of the failed Russian missle. It was a light with a trail, moving fast, then started a small swirl and shortly turned into a bright light, starting small and growing bigger. The light formed a cone on the west side, and a ball on the east side of the center point. My guess, failed missle.

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NEWS REPORTS:

Iran News:
http://khabaronline.ir/detail/219088/science/astronomy

English translation from Farsi by Google Translate:
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fa&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fkhabaronline.ir%2Fdetail%2F219088%2Fscience%2Fastronomy

http://www.khabaronline.ir/detail/219097/science/astronomy

English translation from Farsi by Google Translate:
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fa&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.khabaronline.ir%2Fdetail%2F219097%2Fscience%2Fastronomy

Israel News Report with photo:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4239796,00.html

Glowing Objects, Fiery Meteors Appear in Sky above Lebanon
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/42759-glowing-objects-fiery-meteors-appear-in-sky-above-lebanon 



MBIQ Data (Lebanon confidence level 85+%):
Beirut, Beyrouth arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteorite today.
03:51:31 -- 20 minutes ago

Beirut, Beyrouth arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for turkey sky asteroid.
03:52:22 -- 19 minutes ago

Beirut, Beyrouth arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for falling meteroid.
03:52:36 -- 20 minutes ago

Beirut, Beyrouth arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Beirut, Lebanon Meteor? 16OCT2011" by searching for lebanon meteor.
03:53:00 -- 19 minutes ago

Bahrain arrived from google.com.bh on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Beirut, Lebanon Meteor? 16OCT2011" by searching for lebanon meteor .
03:58:50 -- 14 minutes ago

Al Akoura, Mont-Liban arrived from google.com.lb on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Beirut, Lebanon Meteor? 16OCT2011".
04:01:04 -- 12 minutes ago

Beirut, Beyrouth arrived from search.yahoo.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Beirut, Lebanon Meteor? 16OCT2011" by searching for lebanon meteror.
04:01:48 -- 12 minutes ago

Beirut, Beyrouth arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteors in the sky tonight.
04:07:06 -- 7 minutes ago

Avgorou, Famagusta arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for something in the sky tonight 7 june 2012.

For all sighting reports see:
http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.jp/

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

26 May 2012

UPDATED! 4 NEO Asteroids Close Calls!!! 28-31MAY2012

UPDATED! 4 NEO Asteroids Close Calls!!! 28-31MAY2012
Source: NASA/JPL
Be ready with eyes and video cameras to capture increased meteor/fireball activity 2-3 days prior and 2-3 days after this passing.  Please get the word out by posting a link to Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, your favorite forum, or website; thank you:
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/
If you have a sighting of a meteor/fireball please make a sighting report:
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html
-LunarMeteorite*Hunter- Tokyo, Japan


UPDATED!  NOW 4 CLOSE CALLS! (28MAY2012)
There were 5!  NASA just update their site after the fact.(30MAY2012)

(2012 KC45) 2012-May-280.00522.03.5 m - 7.7 m29.46.17



UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH
AU = ~150 million kilometers
1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers

Object
Name
Close
Approach
Date
Miss
Distance
(AU)
Miss
Distance
(LD)
Estimated
Diameter*
H
(mag)
Relative
Velocity
(km/s)
(2012 KP24) 2012-May-280.00040.115 m - 33 m26.313.27
(2012 KT42) 2012-May-290.00010.054.6 m - 10 m28.817.03
(2001 CQ36) 2012-May-300.025810.077 m - 170 m22.75.62
(2002 OA22) 2012-May-310.119746.6370 m - 820 m19.37.01
(2012 KZ41) 2012-May-310.02088.127 m - 61 m24.912.38







previously posted
UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH
AU = ~150 million kilometers
1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers

Object
Name
Close
Approach
Date
Miss
Distance
(AU)
Miss
Distance
(LD)
Estimated
Diameter*
H
(mag)
Relative
Velocity
(km/s)
(2012 KO11) 2012-May-250.073128.430 m - 66 m24.88.88
(2012 HL8) 2012-May-250.131651.249 m - 110 m23.76.64
(2012 KD6) 2012-May-250.033513.052 m - 120 m23.510.47
(2012 KX) 2012-May-260.056622.059 m - 130 m23.37.07
154330 (2002 VX94) 2012-May-260.186972.8670 m - 1.5 km18.013.62
(2012 KF25) 2012-May-260.029111.323 m - 52 m25.38.61
(2002 AW) 2012-May-260.192474.9210 m - 460 m20.66.95
(2012 KB4) 2012-May-270.090435.222 m - 49 m25.43.44
(2012 KP24) 2012-May-280.00040.116 m - 36 m26.113.33
(2001 CQ36) 2012-May-300.025810.077 m - 170 m22.75.62
(2002 OA22) 2012-May-310.119746.6360 m - 820 m19.37.01
Table source: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

21 June 2011

Breaking Meteor News- MBIQ Detects Killeen, TX Green Meteor 20JUN2011

MBIQ (Meteor Bot Internet Query) Detects Killeen, TX Green Meteor 20JUN2011
MBIQ (Meteor Bot Internet Query) has just detected a meteor event in Texas and seen from Arkansas 20JUN2011.
Witnesses of this event please email me with full details of your sighting.  Thank you!  LunarMeteorite*Hunter, Tokyo

Persons living in these areas in Florida please do me a favor and call your local news outlets and tip them off about this event and PLEASE mention my site as a reference for their news reports: The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/  email address for press contact LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com  Thank you all for your kind help and support for this educational (not for profit) website! -Tokyo  FaceBookers, YouTubers, Twitterers and Forum persons please help get the word out and please reference my site with a link; thank you!




Texas /Arkansas Green Meteor 20JUN2011 ~11:45 pm
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June 20th 2011 Meteor over Central Texas from John Davis on Vimeo.
Adamsville, Texas
I caught the Fireball seen over Texas last night (June 20th) with my meteor camera – wow! My camera is located at my observatory near Adamsville, Texas. I am downloading the video now. I can share this with you if you want (just found your website). -John A Davis
Thank you John!

Killeen, TX Green Meteor 11:45pm 20JUN2011
I just witnessed a green fireball with an orange tail from north killeen tx. I am facing west it went from the southern sky to the western sky. It got midway to the horizon before it flashed and dissappeared. Aprox time was 11:45pm. -rhiannon S (tele)
Thank You for your report!


San Antonio, Texas
Trevor Matthews: San Antonio, Texas 11:45 pm 6/20/2011 (email contact) Green Blue meteor going straight down,high speed, no trail.
Thank you Trevor!


Kerrville, TX
OMG, my husband and I both saw it!!! We live in Kerrville, TX. It was sometime around midnight, CST. It was falling north to northwest. It lasted approximately 3 seconds. It started bright white and as it fell you could see a red tail that then turned green and then it was gone. It was so large I could have sworn it was close by. It was incredible!!!!! This is why I'm on line now. Just had to research to find out what it was we saw and whether or not anyone else out there saw it as well???? -Bobbi  Thank you Bobbi!



Houston, TX
At 1145pm cst on june20 I saw green light for about 2 seconds moving from overhead to direct west in Houston tx -Lori A.  Thank you Lori!

Hillsboro, Texas
Just saw a large orange fireball. Southwest of Hillsboro, Texas
June 20, 2011 aprox. 11:45 PM CST
Moved South to West
Don't know how long, long enough to double check what I was seeing.
Heard a sound somewhat like a static. No ending noiseVery Bright, - Anon


Austin, TX
I also saw the 06/20/11 fireball over Texas. I'm in Cedar Park (a subdivision of Austin TX). It was kind of windy here last night, so I went outside to investigate at about 11:48 or 11:50 PM Central time and looked up into the northwest part of the sky - just as I looked there the fireball appeared. It was large and blazed downward at a steep angle leaving a greenish trail behind it - I watched it do down until it disappeared behind the row of homes on my street - about a second after that there was a bright green flash that lit up the sky near the horizon so I'm guessing that it probably exploded before hitting the ground (or maybe it did hit the ground?). Didn't hear any sound at all - the event lasted about 4 or 5 seconds. Regards, John Zambrano
Thank you John.

San Antonio, TX 
I saw it, too! It was almost midnight around the Pleasanton area and this fireball, like a water drop-shape on fire, failed from the sky so fast. It was a matter of seconds and it was gone. So beautiful! -Hipatia Thank you!

San Antonio, TX 
20 June 201 approx 1140-1149pm (no clock outside pool area)
San Antonio, TX We were having a late summer night swim when I looked up behind my little ones and saw it behind them, falling straight down from the NorthWest area of town. It was the biggest I've ever seen. Bright green ball with orange around it. It seemed pretty slow, but I was too amazed, I couldn't say a word until it was gone. It never lost it's brightness. I'm located in the city, so I couldn't hear anything. The color was beautiful and the size was unbelievable!! ^_^ -Marsha
Thank you Marsha.

Plano, TX
6/21/11 around midnight
i was in awe and totally forget to figure out the direction
this thing lasted for like seven seconds!!
it was bright enough that i could see it during a storm!
it was a hazy greenish yellow with a green tail and it looked as if it split into smaller bits before i lost sight of it.
i WISH i couldve gotten a photo for you! -Ashlee rose

Austin, TX
desirae reed
at around 11:40 pm a huge green fireball flew over my house toward austin texas, i live south east of austin in bastrop county, it was so amazing and pretty, glad i was able to see it

Stephenville, TX
 I saw the green fireball in Texas last night. I witnessed it from Stephenville,around 11:45 to 11:50. It was brilliant bluish/green in color and had a red-orange hot tail. It was south of me,and lasted only a couple of seconds before it seemed to disappear. It seemed like it was EXTREMELY close and I could have sworn it was in my neighborhood!Craziest thing I have ever seen. -TaraT

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Woodway, Texas arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Texas Green Fireball Meteor ~10:35 CST 12MAR2011" by searching for green meteor 2011 texas.
14:08:38 -- 6 minutes ago

Plano, Texas arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteorite visible june 20 2011.

Plano, Texas arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Breaking News- Hawley, TX Meteor 2JUN2011" by searching for meteor over San Angelo 2011.
14:04:49 -- 11 minutes ago

Kaufman, Texas arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: April 2011" by searching forGREEN OBJECT FALLING FROM SKY IN SAN ANTONIO.
14:04:45 -- 12 minutes ago

San Antonio, Texas arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for green meteor 2011.
14:02:39 -- 15 minutes ago

Greenbrier, Arkansas arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteor texas.
13:56:50 -- 21 minutes ago


New Braunfels, Texas arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteorite June 20 2011.
13:55:23 -- 24 minutes ago

Austin, Texas arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Breaking News -MBIQ Detects Texas Meteor with Fragmentation Fireball Event 14JUN2011" by searching for asteroid falling over austin, tx tonight.
13:53:11 -- 27 minutes ago

Date and Time of event? 
Location name (town,city) where you were when saw the meteor? 
Start and Stop location in sky? 
Direction of movement? 
Duration of Event (seconds)? 
Brightness ( in comparison with Venus, Moon, Sun) color, sounds? 
Photos? Videos? 
please email LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com Your reports make it possible for all to check what they saw as well. Thank you! 2011 Year of Meteors!

Breaking News- MBIQ Trigger Florida Green Bright Meteor 20JUN2011

MBIQ (Meteor Bot Internet Query) has just detected a meteor event in Florida 20JUN2011.
Witnesses of this event please email me with full details of your sighting.  Thank you!  LunarMeteorite*Hunter, Tokyo

Persons living in these areas in Florida please do me a favor and call your local news outlets and tip them off about this event and PLEASE mention my site as a reference for their news reports: The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/  email address for press contact LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com  Thank you all for your kind help and support for this educational (not for profit) website! -Tokyo  FaceBookers, YouTubers, Twitterers and Forum persons please help get the word out and please reference my site with a link; thank you!

Florida Meteor ~9:45 EDT 20JUN2011
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St. Augustine, FL Meteor 9:45pm 20JUN2011 

 Kevin (email confirmation)  Thank you Kevin!


St. Augustine, FL Meteor 9:45pm 6/20/2011 - Dawn (email)  Thank you Dawn!


Riverview, FL (outside of Tampa, FL) June 20, 2011 approximately 9:45pm
Direction of movement? directly east
Duration of Event (seconds)? 4-5 seconds
Brightness ( in comparison with Venus, Moon, Sun) color, sounds? very bright, it looked like a rocket but it wasn't, as it got to its eastern-most point you could see it break up, it was bright yellow-orange -Lisa  Thank you Lisa!


Lakeland, FL
I saw it at about @ 9:45ish from Lakeland, FL. It was HUGE and slow moving and bright green, and very low.  -Anon.  Thank you Anon!

The Villages, Lake and Marion County, Florida
From The Villages in Lake and Marion County in Florida. We saw the shooting star at about 9:50 p.m. It was bright yellow with a huge fireball and a tail of light that extended a good distance behind. I heard no sound. It was clearly visible for approximately 10 seconds. It moved from right to left with a downward (fairly steep) trajectory. I was facing southeast. It was an incredible sight. Rev. Carol Rawlings-Chambers Thank you!

St.Petersburg, Florida
I live in St.Petersburg, Florida. (address) zip code of 33709....if this helps to pin point the location.) On the evening of Monday, 20 June 2011, I was sitting outside, as I often do, looking at the stars and hoping to see a "falling star". Needless to say, I wasn't disappointed! At approximately 9:42 (PM) I was facing east, when I saw the most beautiful "falling star" I've ever seen!! It seemed to be traveling slightly north-west to south-east and, when I first saw it, it looked to be "about" 35 to 40 degrees above the horizon. It was definetely moving fast! The "tail" was, at first, white and as it continued, the "tail" showed a brighter yellow, orange, and a little deeper orange color, not quite red. The leading edge, at one point near the "end of the show", showed a slight bit of black. After a couple of seconds, it seemed a "chunk" came apart from the main body, and it, too, had a "tail", but not as bright as the main one. It was quite bright. I would compare it to a quarter moon. Imagine, perhaps, seeing a lit match a few feet from you. I did not hear sound associated with the sighting. I would say that the duration of the sighting was 5 seconds. When it "went out", I would say it was about 20 to 25 degrees above the horizon. I don't know if this was a meteor, "space junk", or maybe even "E.T." (who knows!), but I feel very fortunate to have seen it! I'm sure you can tell that I am an "amateur" as far as sightings go, but I have searched the night skies before (mainly in California and Nevada) and I can honestly say I have never seen anything like this before. Anyway.....I hope this is of some interest, and help, to you, and your friends/associates. Please feel free to contact me if I can be of further help. My cell phone number is: (tele #). You have, by way of this e-mail, my e-mail and home address (address). Best wishes.......CONNI S. 

Thank you!


Winter Park, FL Meteor approx. 9:45 p.m. June 20, 2011
Meteor viewable for four to five seconds, wide trail, broke up just before disappearing. Began in the west-southwest and moved eastward, ending in the south. Altitude roughly horizontal at about 50 degrees. -Steve Elliott 

Thank you!


Seminole, FL
Yes, I saw this!!!! I can't believe it!! I thought it was a firework, but it was too high, too quiet, and lasted too long!!! I couldn't believe my eyes!! No one believed me when I said I saw the BRIGHTEST shooting star EVER, so I decided to Google it and found your website!!! WOW!! I didn't realize it was a meteor fireball!! Anyway, for details....I live in Seminole, FL (Pinellas County). I took the dogs out about 9:50-ish PM EDT on Jun 20th, 2011; the fireball came from the west and was traveling east across the sky. I did not hear any noises. It was BIG and very BRIGHT, and FAST!!! It was a bluish-green in color!! I kept waiting in hopes of seeing another one!! It was PHENOMENAL!!! I thought I was dreaming and didn't really see what I thought I saw!! LOL!
Thanks, -Angela B 

Thank you!


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MetCom Chatbox:

Guest585 (guest):I saw a meteor in Orlando about 935pm today 6/20/11

Dawn Arnold Usina: just saw meteor ... 9:45pm St.Augustine, FL

Anthony Zilinski: June 20, 2011,Riverview, FL near Tampa)around 9:30pm.Bright yellow-orange. What a sight!
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Altamonte Springs, Florida arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for bright light across florida slies June 20 2011.


Seminole, Florida arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for Green light in sky 2011 june 21.


Deland, Florida arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for shooting star central florida june 20.


New Port Richey, Florida arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for any meteors on 6/20/2011.


Kissimmee, Florida arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteors june 20, 2011.


Sarasota, Florida arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for florida shooting star june 20th 2011.


Oviedo, Florida arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for what was the flash of light in the sky tonight in central florida june 20th 2011.


Tampa, Florida arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteorite in florida june 20,2011.


Saint Petersburg, Florida arrived from search.yahoo.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: MBIQ Trigger Florida Green Bright Meteor 20JUN2011" by searching for meteor st. petersburg florida.

Largo, Florida arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteor over florida.
11:36:28 -- 3 minutes ago

Clearwater, Florida arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Traffic suggests Colorado, Washington, Florida, Arizona, B.C. Green Fireball Meteors 26JAN2011" by searching for meteor seen over st.petersburg florida june 20 2011.
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Orlando, Florida arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteor sighting today.
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Palm Coast, Florida arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: May 2011" by searching forgreen glow in the sky with fire coming off.
10:48:45 -- 45 minutes ago

Date and Time of event?
Location name (town,city) where you were when saw the meteor?
Start and Stop location in sky? 
Direction of movement? 
Duration of Event (seconds)? 
Brightness ( in comparison with Venus, Moon, Sun) color, sounds? 
Photos? Videos? 
please email LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com Your reports make it possible for all to check what they saw as well. Thank you! 2011 Year of Meteors!

09 December 2010

Breaking News- Multiple Meteors Worldwide- UK Massive Daytime Bolide Fireball 8DEC2010 9DEC2010

Reports from Readers of Meteor/Meteorite News:

Large Fragmenting Fireball 2010 12 08 17:30 - 17:45 UT in the UK


My wife just saw an amazing meteor in the UK.....Unfortunately I still had my head in the car unloading and missed it :-( It must have been very spectacular further north  as she observed at looking into the remainder of the glowing light from sunset and with a fair bit of light pollution....very low slow and distant. She reports as follows:
Site Location:
Swannington, Leicestershire, 
England
Latitude: 52°44’16.92”N, Longitude: 01°22’ 51.65”W
Date 8DEC2010 Time: 17h 39m 00s GMT
Visible duration (in seconds): at least 3 Train Details: large fragmenting fireball
Sounds: None apparent Fragmentation: Yes Colours: White
Large fragmenting fireball brighter than Jupiter but not as bright as the full moon travelling apparently east to west seen for the length of the plough directly below the plough, low, (3/4 above horizon 1/4 below plough) Initial start of hot flight not noticed so could have lasted longer. Seen through light pollution and probably too distant to hear associated sounds/detonations. Report by Graham Ensor in the UK


Other reports from the UK-

And (guest) reported on elp allsky : just saw a bright white/blue/purple meteor with a long orange/yellow trail over Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Guest919 (guest): just saw a fireball go across Melton Mowbray, United Kingdom... it as quite low and went really fast... trail of like fire behind it!! any way of knowing what it was at all?

Guest521 (guest): Saw fireball just before it had a tail which broke up as it sped NNE to SSW over Glasgow, Scotland at 1735hrs. It was the comparative size of the Moon which was low in the west at the time.

Guest366 (guest)reported on elp allsky : I saw it over Sheffield at 17:35 GMT. Very impressive. 

Guest995 (guest): Saw it 17.35 GMT Dudley, England travelling SW.Could it be 1st stage of Falcon 9 rocket re-entering atmosphere?

The SPA Meteor Section have so far received about 15 reports of a bright fragmenting fireball from across northern England and Scotland see at apporoximately 2010 12 08 17:30 - 17:45 UT. I'm sure there'll be more on this shortly. reported by David E.
http://www.popastro.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=14888

IOWA 7DEC2010
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Guest66 (guest): Saw a bright light in the east sky around an hour ago in western iowa, turned green before it faded, any ideas?

Guest838 (guest): I saw a large green sparkly meteor slowly shoot over northeastern Iowa and also was curious if anyone else had seen it!
MEXICO 7DEC2010
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fiat128: Yesterday at aoubt 5:00 PM (more or less) I saw a meteor fall in Juarez Mexico, just across the border before.The angle was nearly straight down (about 85-89 degrees). I've seen several meteors before but this is the first one I every saw in the daylight. The fireball went out before it crossed the horizon so I guess it burned up. I can't find any mention of the event on the internet,have you guys heard anything about it? My name is Wiley Robinson and I will try to get more specific information today such as the coordinates, direction etc. 
ARIZONA 7DEC2010
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Guest204 (guest): Just saw bright orange meteor in low eastern horizon about 20 minutes ago in Yuma AZ.  Lasted 3 to 5 seconds, large and long orange tail started then stopped,then main portion,thought at first it was a flair from Naval gunnery range, but too large and flew in wrong directions had me stunned watching it at first, lol. reported on elp allsky

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