Meteor Bot Internet Query (MBIQ) Bot has just detected a meteor fireball event over California at approximately 10:45 pm 16SEP2012.
(click on image to enlarge) California Meteor 16SEP2012 ~22:45 PDT Sighting Reports w/ Sonic Report v.1 (c) LunarMeteorite*Hunter / Google Earth All Rights Reserved |
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Initial Sighting Reports:
16SEP2012 steven fremont, california usa 2229 pacific time 2 seconds headed north before dissapearing into horizon blue with white trail blue/white it had a tail, it was bright blue, i seen it fly, my view was slightly block by a tree but i still see the light shining through. hope u guys find it
16SEP2012 Sana San Jose, CA pacific left to right red-blue-greenish VERY bright ? This was the largest thing I have seen in the sky in my whole 27 years on this planet.
16SEP2012 Jennifer B Paso Robles, California USA 22:39:00 6 seconds North White, many small ones behind it extremely bright, like full moon yes best one I have ever seen
16SEP2012 Steph San Jose, California, USA 22:35 PDT 5-7 sec Travelling North/NNE out of the South/SSW Bright white, with orange/red "sparks" on the rear edges Venus brightness, but much larger Only "sparks" falling off "Comet" shaped, white fireball followed by white tail with orange/red sparks/fragments
16SEP2012 Jodi Hernandez Fairfield, CA 10:30 PST 10 seconds West Reddish orange bright as the sun toward the end appeared to break up it looked like a huge fireball. 100 times largest than a shooting star
16SEP2012 Eric Folsom, CA 22:30:00 3 SW bright fire colored with fragments torch like white/red yes! from folsom - strted very high and made it almost to the ground level before going out
16SEP2012 Howie Nave South Lake Tahoe, CA 22:40 PST approx 10=15 sec from left to right facing west Bright white flaring out into 5 bright blue streaks Bright as the moon solid white until just before it flared out 5 bright blue streaks Appeared to be a meteor but was huge in diameter!
16SEP2012 Rick Lambert Half Moon Bay, CA 22:45:00 5 sec East Blue/White. Single loud sonic boom followed approx. 10 min later. Moon N/A Saw several flashes in the sky off the coast, two decent flashes followed by a bright one that lit half the sky. About 10 min. later, a sharp sonic boom was heard from the same direction.
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MBIQ Data:
Fremont, California arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for i saw a blue shooting star.
14:37:04 -- 30 minutes ago
Penn Valley, California arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteor sightings in western sky september 16.
14:38:05 -- 30 minutes ago
Fairfield, California arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteor sighting.
14:43:09 -- 25 minutes ago
Paso Robles, California arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 12MAR2012" by searching for shooting star paso robles.
14:46:58 -- 21 minutes ago
Santa Rosa, California arrived from search.yahoo.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: May 2009" by searching for meteor entering northern hemisphere seen at 10:35pm from santa rosa ca.
14:49:39 -- 19 minutes ago
Elk Grove, California arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteor tonight september 2012.
14:52:59 -- 16 minutes ago
South Lake Tahoe, California arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for Meteorite in the CA sky/Sept 2012.
14:55:12 -- 14 minutes ago
Oakland, California arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for fireball in sky today.
14:59:40 -- 10 minutes ago
Palmdale, California arrived from bing.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteor falls on california 9/16/2012 10:45.
15:00:25 -- 9 minutes ago
Palo Alto, California arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteor shower september 2012.
15:03:27 -- 6 minutes ago
Hayward, California arrived from google.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for flash in sky tonight.
15:05:12 -- 5 minutes ago
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