Showing posts with label Ireland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ireland. Show all posts

02 December 2015

Scotland / Ireland UK Fireball Meteor 29NOV2015 w/ video

Scotland / Ireland, UK Fireball Meteor 2021 Local 29NOV2015 w/ video
 This Fireball event was detected also by MBIQ very shortly after the event but I failed to get it posted; later three reports. Possible meteorites, but perhaps unlikely!? -LunarMeteoriteHunter, Tokyo

Fireball just outside Kirriemuir, Scotland.
Posted to YouTube by mikemajorek 112 views
Fireball over Westmuir in Angus caught on dashcam.

Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-

29NOV2015 stewart roden winchburgh scotland 20-35 pm 5-10 seconds n to south white at front tapering at the rear white at the front no traveling very fast light went out before it hit the ground

29NOV2015 Frances Murray Draperstown, Co Derry, N.I. 2020 Approx 10 seconds West travelling east Bright ball with long fiery tail stretching out at rear, crossing very quickly across the sky. Bright as the sun, orange coloured fiery tail No Just streaked across the sky in front of us as we drove home. Lasted about 10?seconds, then disappeared.

29NOV2015 Patrick McKenny 1km east of Smithborough, Co Monaghan, Ireland 20.15 2secs before burned out, bit seemed to break off shortly before burned out. Travelling east, almost parallel to Smithborough Monaghan Road. Quite high in sky, 50 degrees above horizontal. Trajectory seemed very flat, as if would move a long way east before hitting earth. Started redish, then burned quite white, then blue/green Almost Sun bright to look at, but did not light area. Yes, seemed that 1 fragment broke off just before burned out. Burned out well before trail finished. Heading east, possily slightly south, in direction of Dundalk. Was not a meteorite/shooing star, more like large rock meteor.

News Reports-
Fireball spotted in skies above Armagh
BBC News
A fireball was seen in the sky above Armagh on Sunday evening. ... A fireball is a fragment of an asteroid or comet which emits a light as it burns up in ...

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17 July 2014

Breaking News- Ireland / UK Bolide Meteor 17JUL2014

Breaking News- Ireland / UK Bolide Meteor 0310 17JUL2014
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 Ireland / UK Bolide Meteor 0310 17JUL2014
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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
Just seen meteorite over Streetly, Sutton Coldfield, Uk.
Time just after 3am I think . I was in my garden and just saw a ball of light with a tail on it. It was white but I briefly saw the colour  Green and I think violet. It appeared to be very low Down . It a clear night and I had just been looking  Up at the stars. When I looked to go back inside I  Just saw it come out of nowhere and there was no  Noise. It went Behind 2 doors down house. I was  Afraid as I have not seen anything like this before. I  Saw for about 5 seconds I think but was just amazed
- Kim C.

I saw this! Around 3:06 or something, bright white / blue trail behind a ball of burning rock, I literally flintched and thought "oh man that's close! What if it hits down..." Heart was pounding. most spectacular thing I've ever seen. CN Jukka

Saw the same very bright white light falling from the sky it was huge! I didn't see a tail to it and it fell seemingly slower than a shooting star! It was over Peterborough and was magnificent! - Annie B.

Just saw a bright blue flash across the sky to large and fast to be anything man made in North West, England 3:10 AM do you think this could have been a meteor? - Michael Ramsden

(around 3am) On a night shift in a hotel in Northampton, I went out for a smoke and as soon as I light up my cigarette I saw a fast moving object with bright neon blue light flash through the sky, it was completely silent. It took me a while to work out what it was, which to my knowledge was a meteor traveling North over Northamptonshire. I felt a little frightened at first as I was unsure what I had seen, but afterwards I felt very privileged.- Larn mcginlay 
All meteor sighting reports can be seen here

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16 January 2014

Breaking News- Ireland, Isle of Man, UK Fireball Meteor 15JAN2014

Breaking News- Ireland, Isle of Man, UK Fireball Meteor Approx. 18.45  GMT 15JAN2014
With Fragmentation!
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Ireland, Isle of Man, UK Fireball Meteor Approx. 18.45  GMT 15JAN2014
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updates pending as more reports come in.
Report your meteor sightings please-

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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
15JAN2014 Jason Laxey, Isle of Man, UK 1900 5 secs s-N Orange Moon, bright! after 5 seconds split up, but went behind landscape Closest shooting star seen, ever

15JAN2014 Colin Bangor Northern Ireland 18:45:00 3 S to SE White Tail and turned red and broke up into three parts Jupiter 3 fast moving altitude of 21 degrees 

15JAN2014 Jolita G. Balbriggan,Co Dublin,Ireland 18.45 ~5secs E-N, from right to left, from 1 to 8 o'clock Orange,thick fiery tail, falling apart Moon Yes No 

15JAN2013 David Molloy Dublin, Ireland 1825GMT/BST 10-15 seconds Facing NE, traveling SW to NE Burning red-orange Very bright (Full moon visible) Couldn't say Very clear night, no photo or artwork. It was increasing and decreasing in brightness and colour during very short intervals

MBIQ Data Set-
Dunfermline, Fife arrived from bing.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching forMETEORITE 15 01 14.
08:35:45 -- 1 minute ago

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26 September 2012

UK, Ireland, Holland Bolide Videos on Web 21SEP2012

UK, Ireland, Holland Bolide Videos on Web 21SEP2012
  Sorry readers, I have been too busy posting and studying the data to get everything posted and now will work on documenting the videos for this event. Sorry this page will be updated as I have time; please do check back as I am busy multi-tasking. -LunarMeteorite*Hunter, Tokyo

Video 1 - Cheshire,UK
Meteor over Cheshire, UK 21SEP2012
uploaded to YouTube by bombhead2  21SEP2012  71,393 views

Video 2 - Dublin, Ireland

Video by Gina in Dublin, Ireland sent to LWWM/MN by email Video taken with cellphone.

Video 3 - Yorkshire, UK
YouTube Published on 21 Sep 2012 by randomgary12 20,371 views
just seen a huge meteorite in Yorkshire! i managed to track it for 50 seconds, witnessed it for about 55 seconds in all! - note: states star locations for reference

Video 4 - Manchester, England
Published on 21 Sep 2012 by TayAndPete 1,928 views
A spectacular 'meteor shower' has been spotted over the skies of Greater Manchester tonight. Meteor Breaking up and Travelling

Video 5 - Dundee, Scotland

Published on 22 Sep 2012 by PSKProductions2012 11,737 views
Meteor Shower 21-09-2012
Originally captured by Stevan Hogg -Dundee, Scotland

Video 6 - Airdrie, Strathclyde, Scotland UK

Published on 21 Sep 2012 by meteorshowerof2012 4,869
Meteor Shower in Airdrie, Strathclyde, Scotland UK : 21st Sept 2012

Video 7 - Falkirk, Scotland

Published on 21 Sep 2012 by ShizzJizz0 1,749 views
Video was taken at around 10:30pm 21st of sept in Falkirk. At first me and a friend saw a green glow in the sky and stopped to have a look and noticed it was moving and I decided to record what I could. Recorded on an iPhone, hence the lame vertical video.

Video 8 - Dalbeattie, Scotland
Published on 21 Sep 2012 by Stuart Pitkeathly 112,815 views
Meteor breaking up footage taken from Dalbeattie Scotland

Video 9 - Warrington, UK
Published on 21 Sep 2012 by ZeeKips3 48,818 views
Saw this while walking home. Spectacular!

Video 10 - Location unknown HELP PLEASE

Published on 21 Sep 2012 by Sheilaaliens 17,096 views
http://sheilaaliens.net/?p=1184 "People across the UK have reported seeing a large meteor shooting across the night sky.

Video 11 - Bangor, Northern Ireland
Published on 21 Sep 2012 by meteorlog 28,250 views
A great fireball was seen by people all over the UK and Ireland tonight, here is some footage taken by my meteor camera based in Bangor, Northern Ireland. The camera is pointing almost straight up but slightly dipped towards the Belfast direction in the West. There are 5 main chunks of debris, each one was over mag -5 as it entered the frame.

Video 12 - Dunfermline, UK

Published on 21 Sep 2012 by Andrew Ferguson 53,448 views
A Meteor (the last few seconds) filmed from my house in Dunfermline on the 21st September 2012. It was very cool such a shame it doesn't show up well on the iPhone

Video 13 - Forfar, Scotland

Published on 22 Sep 2012 by TheHiddenKrytik 5,186 views
over Forfar, Scotland in the Uk On 21st September 2012.

Video 14 - Glasgow, Scotland

Published on 21 Sep 2012 by dirtytrainers 3,836 views
UFO, Glasgow 21st September 2012. The BBC says it was seen over England and Northern Ireland too however they say its a meteor. That's one hell of a weird meteor, my footage does not do justice to what my eyes saw was not a meteor or a shooting star....

Video 15 - Staffordshire, UK

Published on 21 Sep 2012 by SabreSecurityVideos 1,597 views
Caught this on CCTV. Meteorite breaking up over the skies of Staffordshire.

Video 16 - Preston, UK

Published on 21 Sep 2012 by ned1988  283 views
Same as:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-LWrvdN0qM

Video 17 - Liverpool, UK

Published on 21 Sep 2012 by johnheard1967 787 views

Video 18 - Manchester, England

Published on 22 Sep 2012 by darnellsh 3,162 views
Meteor over Manchester 21 September 2012 ufo?? Only joking! As we walked out of the Manchester Evening News Arena (MEN) After watching George Michael, this meteor flew overhead. We did see this for longer but only managed to record a few seconds of it! When it was closer it looked amazing! Time was 10:55pm Just to add a little more information, this looked as if it was heading towards Wigan, West, or slightly north west.
It may help if people are trying to track where it was heading. The video shows me standing on Cheetham Hill Road, looking towards the junction of New Bridge street.

Video 19 - Windermere, UK

Published on 23 Sep 2012 by TheEvee2000 80 views
My husband and I were camping at the lakes and saw an enormous white ball heading towards us just above the horizon. We couldn't work out what it was until we saw it had tail and sparks coming from the back of it. It was completely silent. Grabbed my phone and recorded it as best I could, but didn't quite catch it before it started to break up. About 5 minutes later we heard the sonic boom. Totally impressive and so glad to have witnessed it.


Video 20 - Sunderland, UK
Published on 22 Sep 2012 by scottydont111 164 views
Taken from outside Jollies pub on Hylton Road Sunderland. It traveled from south to north this is the original video taken on my iPhone

Video 21- Fife, Scotland

Published on 22 Sep 2012 by EastCoastScottt 125 views
Meteor Fragments in bound, and another one bites the Dust.

Video 22 - Lancashire, UK
Published on 22 Sep 2012 by OfficialImprobe 46 views
whilst biking home i notice a large glowing object in the sky so i scrambled for my phone but i was too late to capture all of it , enjoy :)


Video 23 - Manchester, UK
Published on 21 Sep 2012 by Joe Blakey 2,138 views
I caught the meteor passing over the Droylsden area


Video 24 - Wettenhall, Cheshire, UK


Published on 21 Sep 2012 by nemisisfireworksuk 134 views
Meteor Caught On CCTV Wettenhall Cheshire 21/09/2012

Video 25 - Knottingley Power Station, UK

Published on 21 Sep 2012 by Jason Backhouse 7,039 views
Captured this at 10:55pm on my iPhone 4S. Just randomly spotted it out of our side window. Pretty sure it's a meteor burning up in the atmosphere. The video doesn't do it justice, but still cool to see first hand.

Video 26 - Huddersfield, UK
Published on 21 Sep 2012 by BigMartyGardner 3,611 views
This was taking tonight, not sure if its a meteor or something else.

Video 27 - Unknown, Ireland
Published on 25 Sep 2012 by MrFijitime1 33 views
More footage of the mass UFO sighting across the UK, Netherlands and Ireland

Video 28 - Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Published on 21 Sep 2012 by McGooook 33,774 views
Noticed this as i was in my yard - Antrim, Northern Ireland. Managed to capture a few seconds of it. Meteor Shower?

Video 29 - Mullingar, Ireland

Published on 21 Sep 2012 by MrSound08 7,236 views
On my way home heading in to town,see this big Yellow thing in the sky, pull up and as I got out it went to Pieces, this is what I see, not far from me at all just passing by"

Video 30 - Hartstown, Dublin, Ireland

Published on 21 Sep 2012 by hartstowndublin 15,007 views
Meteor shower in the sky over Hartstown,Dublin 21/09/12

Video 31 - Killygordon Co Donegal Ireland
Published on 21 Sep 2012 by JackieGallagher43 275 views
Meteor Shower over Cavan Upper, Killygordon, Co Donegal, Ireland.. on 21st September 2012

Video 31 - Wemyss bay, Scotland Meteor

Published on 21 Sep 2012 by kai watson 79 views
Caught on camera meteor in scotland 21.9.12

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16 January 2011

NEOs Close Earth Encounters 17JAN-31JAN 2011 Meteor/Meteorite News 16JAN2011

NEO 2011 AN52 close approach 17JAN2011

animation of close approach posted on YouTube by beatrix2010rj | January 16, 2011 303views

2011 AN52 Close Approach (c) NASA/ LunarMeteorite*Hunter
Expect more green meteor fireball activity through the end of JAN 2011
Just prior to, during, and just after the 17th and 28th a higher probability of green meteor fireballs is predicted by Meteor/Meteorite News.  Keep your cameras ready and get outside to watch! Help the Meteor/Meteorite News out!!!!
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 Already in JAN 2011, more than two new NEOs have been discovered with quite close approaches. Debris accompanying 2011 AN52 and 2011 AL37 may create some meteor activity for us on Earth.  You read it here first.  Please bookmark this site so you can come back to it easily: www.lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com
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(2011 AN52) 2011-Jan-170.00210.85.0 m - 11 m28.615.88

(2011 AL37) 2011-Jan-280.00622.440 m - 90 m24.113.21

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)
(2011 AB3) 2011-Jan-170.092636.051 m - 110 m23.65.46
(2011 AN52) 2011-Jan-170.00210.85.0 m - 11 m28.615.88
(2001 BA16) 2011-Jan-180.182370.918 m - 41 m25.89.97
(2011 AB37) 2011-Jan-190.02459.518 m - 39 m25.97.30
(2007 CA27) 2011-Jan-190.138253.8170 m - 380 m21.015.79
(2010 XB24) 2011-Jan-220.164363.9110 m - 250 m21.98.58
(2002 BN) 2011-Jan-220.189973.9220 m - 490 m20.417.30
(2003 YO3) 2011-Jan-260.162863.3490 m - 1.1 km18.716.61
(2011 AL37) 2011-Jan-280.00622.440 m - 90 m24.113.21
(2001 CQ36) 2011-Jan-310.125548.877 m - 170 m22.78.75
Source and copyright: NASA/JPL/CalTech 2011  
For full updates and more information: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

26 April 2009

40 Years Since the Sky Fell in Ulster, Eire 25APR09

40 years since the sky fell on Ulster
24APR09
Belfast Newsletter
That was the stark conclusion drawn by Ulster folk who witnessed an extraordinary happening over the skies of Northern Ireland 40 years ago today.

On 25 April 1969 the sky literally fell in on the Province and only a select few caught a glimpse of the out-of-this-world occurance.

Meteorite was spectacular - eyewitness
While many mistook the glowing fireball as a shooting star, it was actually a meteorite from outer space which left its mark on two separate locations. Solid pieces of rock fell from the sky and made an impact at a police barracks at Sprucefield and in a field near Garvagh. A piece of stone shattered through an asbestos roof at the then RUC facility on the Ravernet Road - now the base of the Historical Enquiries Team - landing on a desk in a storeroom. The second fragment, caused a huge dent in a field in Co Londonderry. It became known as the Bovedy meteorite due to the area where it landed.

Dr Mike Simms, from the Ulster Museum, is the proud owner of a cast of the Bovedy meteorite. The main mass of the rock is currently on display at Armagh Planetarium. The geologist confirmed the meteorite, which is a rare phenomenon, passed over the Province before landing in the Atlantic. "It (the meteorite) was seen as far south as Dorset in England before passing over north Wales," he said. "There were sightings from Aldergrove airport and people could see it going over and bits breaking off. It was last seen heading north over the tip of Inishowen and probably the main chunk fell in the drink somewhere north of Donegal." Dr Simms revealed that one Ulster woman, who was recording bird songs at the time of the object passing overhead, actually captured the associated sounds. "I've spoken to a lot of people over the years who actually heard it (the meteorite) or saw it. People heard a sonic boom sound – a bit like what Concorde used to make. "People who were outside would have actually seen the fireball come down because it wasn't just like your normal shooting star – it was something as bright as a full moon."

In a report published in the Nature Magazine in July 1969, Ian G. Meighan, from the department of Geology at Queen's University and Philip S. Doughty, from the Department of Natural Sciences at the Ulster Museum, gave a detailed account of the grounded fragments. On the Sprucefield rock, it recalled: "On the concrete floor, among fragments of the roof a stone object was found broken into two pieces. Weighing 283g and 230g. The meteorite resembles a angular block with a tapered base, has a complete brownish black fusion crust, but no "thumb marking" on the surface."

In relation to Bovedy, the report read: "On the following Monday at about 2pm a small impact crater, depth 14.5 inches, was discovered in a field used as open grazing, and a stone recovered. The specimen was broken open by local people and some small fragments carried away. When examined the following day no scorching of the grass or roots around and in the hole, and angle of fall was estimated between 30 and 50 degrees from the horizontal."

Dr Simms confirmed the meteorite stemmed from an asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. He believes a collision sent it off course and it happened to cross Earth's orbit "at the wrong time". The academic, who has developed a personal interest in the outer-space objects, admitted meteorite falls remain "pretty rare events". "One could land in your garden this afternoon, it is likely to do that as it would land in the Antarctic or wherever," he said. "This particular meteorite was the last to fall and actually be recovered in Northern Ireland although it is estimated three to four of a walnut size actually land in here every year. "There is a lot of vegetation to lose them in and once they have been on the ground for a while they just look like any other stone. "It is estimated there is one meteorite per square kilometre, per ten thousand years so they are not very common," he added.

The last recorded meteorite on the island of Ireland was reported in Co Carlow in 1999. Dr Simms is marking the 40th anniversary of the Sprucefield and Bovedy meteorites by hosting a series of talks next week to celebrate the event. The expert will be sharing his experiences in Bangor, Garvagh and Lisburn. Entry to the three seminars is free of charge.
Did you witness the 1969 meteorite?
Contact the News Letter on 3839 5580 or e-mail bryan.gray@newsletter.co.uk
http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/40-years-since-the-sky.5203550.jp

06 April 2009

North Eire-Security cameras clue to fireball 6APR09

Security cameras clue to fireball
Northern Ireland
BBC NEWS
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7985093.stm
The light in the sky is thought to have been a shooting star
Security cameras in Northern Ireland may shed some light on the cause of a massive fireball in the sky on Sunday.
The shooting star was reported at about 1230 BST by people living as far apart as Donegal and Cork.
David Moore chairman of Astronomy Ireland said they were fairly certain it was a rock from space which could have landed somewhere in Ireland.
He said they were very keen to hear from anyone who has footage of what is suspected to be a meteor falling.
"We're fairly certain that it was a rock from space, a meteor which may have dropped a meteorite," he said.
"We are asking people to send in their reports, so we can triangulate on the path and figure out did it land on Ireland?"
The last time a meteorite was seen over Ireland was in 1999 over Carlow and there was a similar event over the skies of Northern Ireland 30 years earlier.
Mr Moore said that no pictures had yet come to light of the incident, as it only lasted a few seconds.
But, he said, security cameras often captured such explosions in the sky.
"What can happen is security cameras that are filming in car parks or outdoors can catch these shooting stars, these fireballs, accidentally. So if anybody has any footage of that, we would be delighted to see it.
"We think...it came from the west across the centre of Ireland, which means everybody would have seen it. We have reports from Cork and even from up as far as Donegal."
He said security cameras in Northern Ireland facing towards the south probably would have picked it up.
Anyone who saw it is asked to contact the Astronomy Ireland website on www.astronomy.ie.
"We will publish a report there in a few days," said Mr Moore.
"We will also predict where any meteorite might have fallen, as we did with Carlow in 1999. A lady found the meteorite in a small country lane.
"They will look like melted rocks, probably not very large. We are looking for objects that would fit, in that particular case, in a mug. But they could be larger."

Security cameras clue to fireball
BBC News
Security cameras in Northern Ireland may shed some light on the cause of a massive fireball in the sky on Sunday. The shooting star was reported at about ...