California / Nevada Meteorite Fall 2012 - The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 29APR2012

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APNewsBreak: Fireball remnants likely in Calif.
Houston Chronicle
Photo: Lisa Warren, NASA/JPL / AP Robert Ward displays one of two pieces of a meteorite he found at a park in Lotus, Calif., Wednesday, April 25, 2012. Ward found the pieces from a meteor that was probably about the size of a minivan when it entered ...

California fireball drops rare meteorites | Astro Bob

The daylight fireball that streaked over California and Nevada around 8 a.m. this past Sunday. It broke up as it traveled, dropping meteorites onto the foothills of .
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Meteorite Collectors Flock to El Dorado CountyWSBT-TV
A mother from the small Sierra community of Rescue has discovered the largest meteorite yet in connection with a specific search at a park in nearby Lotus. Over the weekend, a meteor could be seen and heard over the skies of northern California

Space Rocks Discovered Along Path of Fireball
Sci-Tech Today
By Scott Sonner Tiny meteorites found in the Sierra foothills of Northern California likely were part of a giant fireball that exploded in daylight with about one-third the explosive force of the atomic bomb. A space rock hunter discovered two ...

Daylight Fireball Over California-Nevada, April 22, 2012 | American ...
A fireball is a meteor that is larger than normal. Most meteors are only the size of tiny pebbles. A meteor the size of a softball can produce light equivalent to the ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../daylight-fireball-over-california-neva...

APNewsBreak: Fireball remnants likely in Calif. - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: Tiny meteorites found in the Sierra foothills of northern California were part of a giant fireball that exploded over the weekend with about ...
news.yahoo.com/apnewsbreak-fireball-remnants-likely-calif-1...

Meteorite Pieces Found in Coloma, Lotus -- KTXL
Meteorite Hunting with Robert Ward (03:53); American Idol: 7th Eliminated Finalist (06:35 ...
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Sunday's minivan-sized meteor over Reno packed explosive power
Reno Gazette-Journal
Lisa Warren of Rancho Haven captured this photo of a meteor streaking across the sky while she and her husband, Rick, were walking their dogs in the Red Rock area. / Courtesy of Lisa Warren Associated Press Tiny meteorites found in the Sierra foothills ...

Look to the northeast for meteor shower tonight
HeraldNet
CHICAGO -- Saturday night promises to be a great night to be outdoors, if you're a stargazer. From Saturday night to early Sunday morning will be prime time to observe the Lyrids, Earth's annual April shower of meteoroids from the tail of Comet ...

Space shuttle Enterprise lands in NYC atop jet
msnbc.com
More space news from msnbc.com Meteor streak adds to a cosmic canvas Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: A spectacular photo from the Lyrid meteor shower serves as a visual celebration of National Park Week and Astronomy Day.

Prescott man a national 'rock star' after finding rare piece of meteorite ...
Prescott Daily Courier
Lisa Warren, NASA/JPL/AP Rich Pedroncelli/AP When Robert Ward spotted a meteorite along the side of a California road Tuesday morning, he instantly knew it was one of the rarest types that date back four to five billion years - as old as the solar ...

Rush to find meteor 'gold'
The Australian
PEOPLE are flooding to California in search of fragments of a meteor that hit the Earth's atmosphere last weekend with a sonic boom and an explosion a third of the size of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. Scientists have identified the first fragments as ...


Meteorite Hunter Finds Solar Gold - Yahoo! News
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Watch the video 'Meteorite Hunter Finds Solar Gold' on Yahoo! News.
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Meteorite Hunters Find Meteorites From California Fireball

Meteorite Hunters Find Meteorites From California Fireball

Meteorite Hunters Find Meteorites From California Fireball


Meteorite Hunters Find Fragments from the Recent 'Daytime
Fireball’ in California by Nancy Atkinson, April 26, 2012
http://www.universetoday.com/94828/meteorite-hunters-find-fragments-from-the-recent-daytime-fireball-in-california/


Fragments of the daylight meteor found in California by
Franck Marchis. Cosmic Diary Network, April 25, 2012
http://cosmicdiary.org/fmarchis/2012/04/25/daylight_meteor_incalifornia/
http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2012-April/084583.html


Sutter's Mill meteorite hunt, Micheal Framer, April 26, 2012
http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2012-April/084609.html


Pictures of the Lotus Meteorite by Brien Cooke
http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2012-April/084569.html
http://briencook.com/lotus/


Best wishes,
Paul H.

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The Latest Meteor/Meteorite News 27APR2012 - Carbonaceous Meteorites Fall/Found California!

NASA released this photo of a meteor in the sky above Reno, Nevada, on Sunday.  

FOX News: Possible Meteor Boom Wakes Nevada/California ...
http://sheilaaliens.net/?p=572 (...pics available now @ my blog!) A loud boom or boomS (or ...
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Meteorites cause small-scale resurgence of Gold Rush
Auburn Journal
By Sara Seyydin Journal Staff Writer When Brenda Salveson heard meteorites found just minutes from her home were drawing national acclaim — and a high price tag — she decided it might be worth taking a walk to find her own. Dozens of other people ...

Public Urged To Forward Sierra Meteor Photos, Video
CBS Local
MOUNTAIN VIEW (CBS SF) – NASA and the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence Institute were asking for the public's help finding footage photos and video of a daylightmeteor that fell over Northern California on Sunday, the NASA Ames Research ...

Be On the Lookout For Meteorites: NASA
NBC Bay Area
But this week the universe came to them when a meteorite disintegrated over Northern California, giving them the gift of a galaxy. NBC Bay Area's George Kiriyama reports from NASA Ames at Moffett Field. John T. Wasson, a longtime professor at UCLA's ...

Giant asteroids struck Earth more often than thought
San Jose Mercury News
The meteor that exploded over California last weekend rained rubble down on the site where gold was discovered in 1848 and where scores of modern-day treasure seekers and clue-seeking researchers are expected to descend this weekend in search of ...

Minivan-sized meteor packed explosive power
Newsday
Nation Newsday > News > Nation Print Aa Minivan-sized meteor packed explosive power Originally published: April 25, 2012 2:41 PM Updated: April 25, 2012 2:42 PM By The Associated Press SCOTT SONNER (Associated Press) RENO, Nev.

Metorite hunters descend on small gold country town
KTVU San Francisco
Instead, the hills were filled with meteorite hunters searching high and low for rocks from space. In the small town El Dorado County town of Lotus, meteorite hunters by the hundreds have converged to try to find fragments of a meteor that came ...

Fragments Found of Meteor That Exploded Over California
PC Magazine
By Damon Poeter Near the site of the discovery that launched the Gold Rush more than 150 years ago, meteorite hunter Robert Ward has tracked down another sort of rock —fragments of a minivan-sized meteor that blew up in the sky above California's ...

Giant asteroids struck Earth more often than thought
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
By Mike Taugher The meteor that exploded over California last weekend rained bits and pieces down on the site where gold was discovered in 1848 and where scores of modern-day treasure seekers and researchers are expected to descend this weekend in ...

The 3D Lyrid Meteor Shower
RedOrbit
“The annual Lyrid meteor shower peaks on April 21-22,” says Bill Cooke, the head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office. “We're going to try to photograph some of these 'shooting stars' simultaneously from ground stations, from a research balloon in ...

Scientists Need Help in Aftermath of Falling Meteor
KGO-AM
NASA scientists have already tracked down the remnants of a meteor that raced through the sky Sunday morning in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Now, in order to learn more about the incident, the scientists are asking for the public's help in the form of ...

NASA: Strange Sight in The Sky Over Central Valley Sunday Was Just Meteor
KSEE
By David R Arnott, MSNBC An image provided by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory shows a meteor over Reno, Nevada on April 22, 2012. NASA has released a photograph of a flaming meteor that unleashed a powerful sonic boom Sunday morning, rattling houses ...

Rare Meteorite Caused California Fireball, Sonic Boom
The Inquisitr Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:16 PM PDT
A rare meteorite is to blame for a recent fireball seen over California and Nevada. The fireball was seen shooting across the sky this weekend, causing a sonic boom that rattled houses and woke residents from their peaceful Sunday morning sleep. Robert Ward, an avid meteoritehunter/collector, discovered the first piece of the giant space rock [...] Rare Meteorite Caused California Fireball ...

研究員蒐集墜落隕石照片及影片 NASA asking public for photos and ...
NASA美國太空總署現是要求公眾提供在周日墜落北加州的隕石照片及影片。NASA is asking for the public's help finding footage photos and video of a daylight meteor ...
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Nation + World
The Salt Lake Tribune Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:11 PM PDT
Robert Ward displays two pieces of a meteorite he found at a park in Lotus, Calif., Wednesday, April 25, 2012. Ward found the pieces from a meteor that was probably about the size of a minivan when it entered the Earth's atmosphere with a loud boom about 8 a.m. Sunday.

Rare type of meteorite found along fireball's path in California
The Milpitas Post Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:49 PM PDT
RENO, Nev. -- Robert Ward has been hunting and collecting meteoritesfor more than 20 years, so he knew he d found something special in the Sierra foothills along the path of a flaming fireball that shook parts of Northern California and Nevada with a sonic boom over the weekend.

Pieces of meteorite found in California
UPI Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:00 PM PDT
LOTUS, Calif., April 26 (UPI) -- A NASA astronomer says he found fragments of the meteor that exploded in a giant fireball over California Sunday morning.

Meteorite hunterâs new find is out-of-this-world
The Wenatchee World Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:54 AM PDT
RENO, Nev. â Robert Ward has been hunting and collecting meteoritesfor more than 20 years, so he knew heâd found something special in the Sierra foothills along the path of a flaming fireball that shook parts of Northern California and Nevada with a sonic boom over the weekend. And scientists have confirmed his suspicions: itâs one of the more primitive types of space rocks out there, dating to ...

California fireball produces jackpot for meteorite hunters (+video)
The Christian Science Monitor Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:29 AM PDT
Meteorite hunter finds pieces of a mini-bus sized meteor that lit up in the skies above California and Nevada this week. More pieces of the meteor are expected to be found as hunters scour the area.

Meteorites Discovered Along Huge Fireball's Path in Calif.
SPACE.com Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:17 AM PDT
Meteorite hunter Robert Ward found two space rocks that are roughly 4 to 5 billion years old.

Bantam Lake "UFO" mystery may never be solved
The Register Citizen Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:08 AM PDT
LITCHFIELDâIf little green men did plunge a UFO into Bantam Lake under the cover of darkness two weeks ago, they might be interested to know that thereâs little pressure to speed up whatever theyâre planningâor if some glowing green whale-sized object did fall into the lake as reported, and it is a meteorite as suspected, it will likely remain undisturbed for a very long time.

The Mystery of the "UFO," or Meteorite That Fell Into Bantam Lake May Never Be Solved
Litchfield County Times Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:06 AM PDT
A Perseid meteor is shown in this AP photo taken during the 2009 shower. Photo by Kevin Clifford/AP.

Meteorite Hunter Finds Solar Gold
WESH 2 Orlando Thu, 26 Apr 2012 07:03 AM PDT
Researchers believe tiny meteorites found in foothills were part of a giant fireball that exploded. For the full story, go to KCRA.com.

NASA: Minivan-Size Meteor Over California Weighed 75 Tons
First Coast News
The photo taken in Reno shows the fireball from the meteor as it burned up while traveling east to west. Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office estimates the object was about the size of a minivan, but weighed around 154300 pounds, ...

NASA Photo: Meteor Over Reno, Nevada
TPM
NASA released this photo of a meteor in the sky above Reno, Nevada, on Sunday. From NASA's release of the picture: Bill Cooke of the Meteoroid Environments Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., estimates the object was ...

Meteor explodes, rocks houses in Nevada, California
Examiner.com
Robert Lunsford of the American Meteor Society, spoke to the press shortly after the event hit the airwaves, stating that “if you hear a sonic boom or explosion, that's a good indication that some fragments may have reached the ground.

Hunt is on for pieces of van-sized California meteor
New Scientist
Wanted: fragments of a minivan-sized meteor that exploded over northern California and Nevada on Sunday morning and may well have survived to strike Earth. Meteorites – meteors that make landfall – can provide crucial information about the chemical ...

There's meterorite fragments in them thar' hills!
allvoices
Last Sunday a minivan sized meteor exploded over Northern California prompting seekers from NASA and anyone who cares to look scavaging the landscape for bits and pieces of the fireball. Fragments scattered of Sierra Nevada towns of Coloma and Lotus, ...

Meteorites found in California along path of fireball
Salt Lake Tribune
Robert Ward has been hunting and collecting meteorites for more than 20 years, so he knew he had found something special in the Sierra foothills along the path of a flaming fireball that shook parts of Northern California and Nevada with a sonic boom ...

NASA: Meteor was size of minivan
KTVQ Billings News
The picture taken in Reno, Nevada, on Sunday morning shows a meteor the size of a minivan plunging through the Earth's atmosphere, according to Bill Cooke of the Meteoroid Environments Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, ...

Fireball Over California/Nevada: How Big Was It?
NASA
A meteor in the sky above Reno, Nevada on April 22, 2012. Image credit: Lisa Warren › Larger view Red bullseye indicates location where Sunday's meteor (or bolide) exploded over California's Central Valley. The yellow triangles mark infrasound arrays ...

Rare type of meteorite found along fireball's path in California
San Jose Mercury News
By Scott Sonner AP Robert Ward displays two pieces of a meteorite he found at a park in Lotus, Calif., Wednesday, April 25, 2012. .(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) RENO, Nev. -- Robert Ward has been hunting and collecting meteorites for more than 20 years, ...

Daylight meteor: NASA and SETI ask public for photos, video
San Jose Mercury News
NASA and the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence Institute are asking for the public's help finding footage photos and video of a daylight meteor that fell over Northern California on Sunday, the NASA Ames Research Center announced Wednesday.

Meteorites found in California along path of fireball
The Detroit News
By Scott Sonner AP Robert Ward displays one of two pieces of a meteorite he found at a park in Lotus, Calif. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press) Reno, Nev.— Robert Ward has been hunting and collecting meteorites for more than 20 years, ...

Fireball remnants likely in Calif. some of oldest
Seattle Post Intelligencer
SCOTT SONNER, AP Robert Ward displays two pieces of a meteorite he found at a park in Lotus, Calif., Wednesday, April 25, 2012. Ward found the pieces from a meteor that was probably about the size of a minivan when it entered the Earth's atmosphere ...

Meteor Activity Outlook for April 21-27, 2012 | American Meteor Society
This will be the best time of the month in which to view meteor activity. As the week progresses the waxing crescent moon will enter the evening sky but will not ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../meteor-activity-outlook-for-april-21-...

Meteorite Hunter Finds Solar Gold - YouTube
3 min
A new rush is on in the sierra but this time it's for meteorites.
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Cool Physics: Minivan Meteorite...
The picture taken in Reno, Nevada, on Sunday morning shows a meteor the size of a minivan ...
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Mysterious explosion and daylight fireball in Nevada California ...
A loud explosion and a streak of light occurred over roughly a 600-mile line across Nevada and California. It was probably a meteor, say astronomers.
www.csmonitor.com/.../Mysterious-explosion-and-daylight-fir...

Mayor pens song about meteorite
Daily Home Online
by Mark Ledbetter The Hodges Meteorite will be on display at the Oak Grove Festival at the Park April 28. Pictured from a previous festival are, from the left, Alabama Museum of Natural History director Randy Mecredy, Oak Grove Mayor Charles Merkel, ...

Daytime Fireball, Sonic Boom Surprises Calif., Nevada Spectators
msnbc.com
Residents in California and Nevada reported hearing a sonic boom and seeing a bright fireball streak across the sky early Sunday morning (April 22), according to news reports. Experts said the sonic boom and fireball were likely caused by a meteor ...

Loud boom and bright fireball over California and Nevada on April 22
EarthSky (blog)
Some people in the two states reported seeing a fireball – a very bright “shooting star” – streak across the blue daylight sky at that same time. Many are saying that it was likely caused by a meteor, or piece of space debris entering our atmosphere, ...

FOX News 22/04/12 Possible Meteor Boom Wakes Nevada/California Region.
YouTube
FOX News 22.04.12 Possible Meteor Boom Wakes Nevada-California Region. Large parts of Nevada and California experienced a loud explosion on Sunday morning as a result of a meteor. The sound of the explosion around 8am prompted a flood of calls to law ...

Loud Boom Heard In Sky Above Sierra
KCRA Sacramento
Some experts said the particles thought to have been flying across the sky were likely no larger than a pebble, while one astronomer said there was one large meteor - a fireball - the size of a washing machine. Thousands of people in multiple counties ...

Meteor blast rattles nerves | Sonora / Tuolumne News, Sports ...
A meteor that barreled over Central California on Sunday morning — rattling windows and nerves from Modesto and Groveland, to Placerville and Reno ...
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Meteor Shower Causes Sonic Boom? | Video - ABC News
Sound heard in California thought to be from a daytime shooting star.
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Green fireball visible for 600 miles hurls across Northern California, Nevada ...
Alaska Dispatch
A thunderous boom accompanied by a greenish fireball hurtling across the sky shattered the morning tranquility of many residents of Nevada and northern California on Sunday. According to the Associated Press, the unannounced pyrotechnics prompted a ...

Daytime meteor fireball seen in SoCal Sunday
Los Angeles Daily News
Callers from Sacramento and Winnemucca south to the OC reported seeing a fireball in the daytime sky at about 8 am It apparently moved from the north to the southwest. In Nevada, the flash was accompanied by a sonic boom that was loud enough to set off ...

Falling Meteorite "The Size Of A Mini Van ...
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Falling Meteorite "The Size Of A Mini Van" Terrifies People In 2 States. MOXNEWSd0tC0M ...
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Man Accused Of Trying To Sell Fake Meteorites
KMGH 7 Denver Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:15 AM PDT
Colorado prosecutors are accusing a Montrose man of trying to sell a phony meteorite on eBay for at least $512,000.

Martian meteorite touches down at the University of Glasgow
PhysOrg Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:53 AM PDT
(Phys.org) -- After hundreds of thousands of years drifting in space, a piece of the rocky surface of Mars has made its way into the hands of scientists at the University of Glasgow.

Moving Forward, Looking Back / Take back the Weston meteorite!
The Fairfield Citizen Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:12 AM PDT
The "Weston" Meteorite? Fairfield seems to have a case for claiming, "We was robbed!" April 25. Fairfield CT Photo: Contributed Photo / Fairfield Citizen contributed

Local man witnesses fire in the sky from meteorite
Chico Enterprise-Record Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:41 AM PDT
A flaming object that streaked through sky Sunday morning and triggered a sonic boom that rattled homes from Reno into California's Central Valley, was witnessed by at least one Chico man, but he wasn't anywhere near home when he saw it.

State Going After 'Meteorite Man'
KJCT 8 Grand Junction Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:59 PM PDT
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers has joined the fight against a Montrose man accused of selling fake meteorites.

Prosecutors say Colorado man peddled bogus meterorites
Colorado Springs Gazette Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:03 PM PDT
The Colorado Attorney General's Office says a Montrose man tried to sell a phony lunar meteorite on eBay for at least $512,000, promised 80 percent tax deduction to would-be buyers and threatened experts in the field who said his finds weren't from space. State prosecutors are accusing...

Colorado prosecutors say Montrose man peddled bogus meteorites, threatened experts
Denver Post Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:00 PM PDT
The Colorado Attorney General's Office says a Montrose man tried to sell a phony lunar meteorite on eBay for at least $512,000, promised 80 percent tax deduction to would-be buyers and threatened experts in the field who said his finds weren't from space.

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Northern Lights could return to Michigan skies tonight after breathtaking ...
MLive.com
By Zane McMillin | zmcmilli@mlive.com View full sizeShawn Malone/Lake Superior PhotographyPhotographer Shawn Malone snapped this picture of the Northern Lights glowing low on the horizon as a Lyrid meteor streaks by during the Lyrid meteorshower ...

State Going After 'Meteorite Man'
KJCT8.com
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers has joined the fight against a Montrose man accused of selling fake meteorites. Newly released court documents portray a fraud operation that could have duped consumers out of millions of dollars.

Meteorite April 2012, USA - YouTube
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April 22th, 2012: Meteorexplosion über dem Westen der USA. A mysterious boom ...
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Fireball Over California/Nevada: How Big Was It?
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Reports of the fireball have come in from as far north as Sacramento, Calif. and as far east as North Las Vegas, Nev. Bill Cooke of the Meteoroid Environments Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., estimates the object was ...

Loud Boom Caused by Meteor? - ABC News
Astronomers believe sound was the result of a daytime shooting star.
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No apparent damage from meteor that crossed California and Nevada Fox News Nevada – A fiery meteor created a thundering explosion and traced a rare daylight fireball seen for about 600 miles across Nevada and California, before apparently breaking up harmlessly at high altitude, astronomers said. NASA researchers at the Jet ... Scientist says sound signal from exploding meteor lasted 18 minutes Reno Gazette Journal A Canadian scientist who specializes in meteor sound waves said Monday the infrasonic signal from Sunday's event felt over a wide swath of Northern Nevada and California was “very strong” and lasted more than 18 minutes at a monitoring station 400 ... Reports: Meteor caused loud explosion felt across Sierra Sunday morning North Lake Tahoe Bonanza LAKE TAHOE — Residents in the greater Truckee/Tahoe area awoke Sunday morning to a loud explosion that likely was caused by a meteor, numerous media outlets are reporting. The boom was heard at about 8 am throughout much of the region. Colorado Man Accused of Attempting to Sell Fake Meteorites MyFox Philadelphia (NewsCore) - DENVER -- Authorities have accused a Colorado man of deceptive trade practices after he attempted to sell a fake meteorite for more than $500000, The Denver Post reported. The Colorado Attorney General's Office filed a petition against ... Loud Boom Caused by Meteor? - ABC News Astronomers believe sound was the result of a daytime shooting star. abcnews.go.com Loud California Boom Caused by Daytime Shooting ... 2 min Astronomers believe sound was the result of a daytime shooting star. For a related story go here ... youtube.com Minivan Sized Meteor Explodes Over California PC Magazine By Damon Poeter An explosion over the skies near the California-Nevada border early on Sunday has been confirmed to have been caused by a meteor the "size of a minivan," according to news reports. The meteor, believed to have been a small asteroid, ... Anchors Survive Meteor in the ABC News Studios ABC News WNN's Rob Nelson and John Muller survive a meteor shower inside our Upper West Side studios. *More: http://WNNfans.com. Reuters Science News Summary Chicago Tribune Rare daylight meteor seen, heard over Nevada, California LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A rare daytimemeteor was seen and heard streaking over northern Nevada and parts of California on Sunday, just after the peak of an annual meteor shower. 'Minerals and Meteorites' exhibit opens at Morrill Hall Daily Nebraskan By Larry Brown Morrill Hall on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln City Campus unveiled a new exhibit Saturday showcasing various minerals and meteorites. The exhibit, “Meteorites and Minerals,” looks at how they affect today's society. Local man witnesses fire in the sky from meteorite Mercury-Register By ROGER H. AYLWORTH - Staff Writer A flaming object that streaked through sky Sunday morning and triggered a sonic boom that rattled homes from Reno into California's Central Valley, was witnessed by at least one Chico man, but he wasn't anywhere near ... Meteor Shower Causes Sonic Boom? | Video - ABC News 2 min Sound heard in California thought to be from a daytime shooting star. abcnews.go.com Meteor shower: Lyrids make big boom in trek through Earth's skies Los Angeles Times The lights will be sporadic and well below the spectacle level of the weekend, but keep this generalmeteor-watching principle in mind: Visibility varies with location, brightness of other astronomical phenomena, and the level of pollution from light ... Answers Mulled to Questions of Bantam Lake 'UFO' Mystery Housatonic Times As for the working theory that a documented meteor shower in the area resulted in a meteorite falling into the lake, she said, “The people that are involved that will check. It could be many different things.” Connecticut Department of Energy and ... Lyrid Meteor Shower - 4/21/2012 on Vimeo I set up the cameras to do some time-lapse during the Lyrid Meteor Shower the night of April 21 ... vimeo.com Colorado prosecutors say Montrose man peddled bogus meteorites, threatened experts Denver Post By Joey Bunch The Colorado Attorney General's Office says a Montrose man tried to sell a phony lunar meteorite on eBay for at least $512000, promised 80 percent tax deduction to would-be buyers and threatened experts in the field who said his finds ... Scots laboratory to examine Mars meteorite Scotsman The piece of a Martian meteorite has been obtained by scientists at the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre (SUERC). They are hoping to have a clearer idea of when it left Mars and how long it spent in space after examining the 0.2 gram ... NASA Calls Meteor Eruption "Huge Event" KTVN Dr. Bill Cooke with the Lead, NASA Meteroid Environments Office said the meteor eruption caused quite the commotion. Cooke said the meteor's energy was a whopping 3.8 kilotons of TNT. That's about one fourth of the "little boy" bomb, which was dropped ... The Sierra Meteoric Blast NBC Bay Area The likely candidate: an exploding meteor. Cooling Temps Some Drizzle, Risk of Mountain ThunderThe next two days will feature much cooler weather and possibly some very different types of weather conditions around the Bay Area. Lyrids meteor shower: It's not too late to watch the Lyrids meteor shower Examiner.com The Lyrids meteor shower peaked this morning but it's still not too late to catch some shooting stars. The meteor shower, so-named because they appear to radiate out from the Lyra constellation, should still be visible late tonight and before dawn ... Incredible picture of Lyrid meteor shower shows shooting star against night's ... Daily Mail The first peak of the annual Lyrid meteor shower happened just after midnight, putting on an eye-catching display, visible across the world. NASA scientists tracked the shower with a network of cameras on earth, the International Space Station and a ... Mars meteorite tested in Scotland BBC News Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:26 AM PDT Academics in Scotland test a rare meteorite from Mars Martian meteorite touches down at the University of Glasgow Deadline News Researchers based at the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre (SUERC) in East Kilbride have taken delivery of a 0.2-gram fragment of a Martian meteorite which fell to Earth in Morocco last year. They will use cutting-edge mass ... Lyrid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight - Yahoo! News From Yahoo! News: A promising meteor shower will hit its peak tonight, lighting up the late-night sky in what could be an eye-catching end to Earth Day. news.yahoo.com/lyrid-meteor-shower-peaks-tonight-1200059... Meteor shower causes loud boom over California | The Raw Story A loud boom similar to the sound of an explosion has been heard over much of northern California apparently as a result of an ongoing meteor shower, The Los ... www.rawstory.com/.../meteor-shower-causes-loud-boom-over... Humongous exploding fireball in sky probably a meteor, say scientists (+video) Christian Science Monitor For many people in Nevada and northern California, Sunday morning was disrupted by a sonic boom and a fireball streaking across the sky. By Eoin O'Carroll, Staff / April 23, 2012 This black and white photo from a rooftop webcam released Thursday, ... Explosion, fireball reported in 2 states SouthCoastToday.com Some residents reported fireball sightings. The sound and the light show were likely caused by a meteor that entered Earth's atmosphere, astronomers said. "It made the shades in my room shake hard enough to slam into the window a couple times," said ... Meteor Creates a Show, No Apparent Damage Wall Street Journal By ROBERT LEE HOTZ A fiery meteor created a thundering explosion and traced a rare daylight fireball seen for about 600 miles across Nevada and California on Sunday, before apparently breaking up harmlessly at high altitude, astronomers said. Expensive 'Meteorites' Are Bogus, AG Says Courthouse News Service By STEVE WEISHAMPEL DENVER (CN) - A man in Montrose, Colo. offered phony meteorites for as much as $500000 apiece, falsely claimed that most of the purchase price is tax deductible through his foundation, and threatened museum curators who told him his ... Loud California Boom Caused by Daytime Shooting Star? Meteorite Caused Large ... ABC News Astronomers believe sound was the result of a daytime shooting star. For a related story go here: http://abcn.ws/Jkky0J. 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Lyrid Meteor Shower Lights Up Skies ABC News A Lyrid meteor shower lights up the sky April 22, 2012. The cosmic dust from the comet Thatcher created a mysterious streak across the sky Sunday and was witnessed by residents in California and northern Nevada. (Courtesy Marian Murdoch) A Star Is ... Photos and video: Here's what the weekend's meteor shower looked like Daily Press If you missed the meteor shower over the weekend, WTKR's meterologist Patrick Rockey posted photos and video on his blog. Truly out of this world. Here's another conception of what it might have looked (and sounded) like.

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Breaking News - California / Nevada Daytime Bolide Meteor Fireball 22APR2012

California / Nevada Daytime Bolide Meteor Fireball 22APR2012
A bright fireball occurred over California and Nevadaat approximately 8:00am PDT Sunday morning 22APR2012; may reports have been received of the bright blue/green DAYTIME fireball, louds boom(s) and earth shaking!


If you have a sighting report of this event we would like to hear from you,  Anyone with video, security camera video, photos of the debris trail please make a sighting report, Thank you!

Initial Reports:
4/22/2012 tim bass lake ca. usa 7:52 am, pacific 5 sec east to west in northern sky green firework no slow moving green laser

4/22/2012 Layne Mantha Sparks, Nevada 7:5? or so 5 secs ? South from east to west Bright with color on tail Bright (very) Didnt notice but over Reno south None

4/22/2012 ken hopper red bluff, ca. 7:54 PST 7 or 8 seconds east to west bright white sun no I think it burned up

4/22/2012 chad clovis,ca 8:00am pacific 8 sec from east to west fire red sun bright lit particals looked like fuel burning


22April2012 Carie Talent, OR 8:30 A.M. PST Five to ten seconds Facing south it was headed in a SW direction...then went past my view due to mountains. sun is so bright today that to me it was like a silver flash Hard to say it was a flash of silver and light. No. Did not know if you could see them during the day until just now...

4/22/2012 chad clovis,ca 8:00am pacific 8 sec from east to west fire red sun bright lit particals looked like fuel burning

22/04/2012 David VanScoyoc Dorris, CA, USA 0800 PDT 1 to 2 seconds SSE-S, E-W, LtoR, South Brilliant White large streak with Blue White fireball bright as the sun, but white, blue white don't know - it was just above the southern horizon WOW

4/22/2012 Perla San Carlos, Ca 7:49:00 3-4 seconds east green as it ended like a sparkler, bright at the end, tiny fragments of glitter it first just looked like a jet's trail, then got bigger faster and sparkled, and more ball like

22APR2012 Monique Carnelian Bay, CA USA 7:45:00 2 to 3 seconds start east/stop west white ball with a blue flaming ball.  Heard it hit about 7:50am same as the sun looked like a large ball but nothing falling from it. no photo...darn!!

4/22/2012 Puneet Saroa Valencia, California, USA 0815 pst 1 second Right to left Green Sun No I was driving on interstate northbound and suddenly saw a bright green fire ball coming from the right side and vanished moving quickly towards the left.

22April2011 Chris Sanders Springville, CA, USA 0745 pacific 5 seconds S-N, to my right facing N Fire ball was purplish/red with red tail sun none appeared to be over Sierra Nevadas or perhaps lower foothills
22APR2012 NANETTE LEWIS Pollock PInes, CA, USA 8:00AM PDT 30+ seconds W-E facing W Continuous booming for more than 30 seconds unknown no Very scary

22April2012 Terrie walnut creek, Ca, USA 8:30:00 only saw for a second- behind trees  facing east, moved south to north blueish very bright in daylight could't tell low in the horizon, looked like it was going to hit

4April2011 Todd Stowell Clovis, Ca 730 2 sec E;W Yellow streak, no sound Very Bright Fragmentation, yes No photo
22APR2012 Patti G. Tonopah, Nevada, USA 8:00am pst 5 seconds north bright yellow, white, red sun no bright ball of fire with a tail

22April2012 Steve Mulvenon Sparks, NV USA 0757 Pacific 2-3 seconds Looking South, it travelled E to W White followed by a loud explosion/sonic boom extremely bright no the sighting was followed 4-5 minutes later by a loud sonic boom

22Apr2012 Stella M. Paso Robles,Ca,US 0755 PDT 3 to 4  sec trv N    RTtoLFT  Facing N bright green to gold to white similar to firewords no 15 deg head to tail       elev. 20 to 15 deg    size larger than extended thumb        smaller than tennis ball at arms length             005 to350 deg      (can relate location to street intersection and buildings

22Apr2012 T Hutchings Sonora, CA USA - not seen but felt across many counties 8:00 am Pacific Time Zone 2 Seconds Full Time East or South East Felt a rush of wind then a huge Boom! N/A N/A Felt over many counties, reports to police. Had to have been close when it hit because of the wind rush before the boom.

22April2012 Tracy Phillips Fresno,California USA 8:30 am PST It lasted between 10 to 15 sec. It went East to West and I was facing North When I first saw it, it just suddenly appeared in the sky to the east. It was a bright white ball with a trailing flame. On the outer edges it had some faint blue to it. It was an extremely bright white but the edges around some bluish tint to it. I didnt notice anything coming apart but it had a trail of flame Nothing else but to say I have seen shooting stars and this was not a shooting star.

22apr2012 Carol Bet I-215 & Hwy 138 near Devore, CA 7:50:00 12 n-s bright white tail with fireball on end Very bright, able to clearly see in daytime No This was observed while driving north on Interstate 15. Hit the ground in the hills to the northwest of the freeway,

For all sighting reports see;
http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.com.br/


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