Meteor report from a reader of Meteor/Meteorite News: Valdosta, Georgia (event time?) 2DEC2010 Jenny wrote: note to Jenny: time please; Thank you Jenny!
"Just saw one a little over an hour ago here in Valdosta, GA.
It was big! Looked like a big fireball! It started off light, then
got brighter, then turned a green tint, then back to an orangish
color before it faded out fast. Disappeared basically. I called
my friend who was driving a couple mins behind me to see if
he saw it and he described it as a big fireball too. I believe I
was heading south on the road I was driving on.... So, I THINK
it was moving from west to east. I know it went from my
right to left. It might have been a plane crashing, but I can't
be sure. We live next to Moody AFB. But I didn't see a smoke
trail or a big firey crash and burn and no loud bang sounds.
And no sirens or anything like that... and we live 30 seconds
away from a fire station."
Evidence Of Ancient Impact Preserved In Modern Sand
SpaceDaily Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:42 PM PST
by Staff Writers San Juan, Puerto Rico (SPX) Dec 03, 2010 Through NAI's
Minority Institution Research Support Program, scientists at the University
of Puerto Rico and their collaborators have identified a unique record of
an ancient meteorite impact event that is preserved in microstructures in
detrital grains of quartz, zircon, and monazite in the Vaal River, South Africa. ...
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