Hi there. Just wanted to let you know one of these things (or something) hit here, in Colorado, yesterday (9/22/2011). My husband saw a bright white fireball fall straight from the sky yesterday on his way home from work at around 3:30. He estimated that it hit about a mile away from where he was driving (I-25?) in Colorado, it was somewhere between Lakewood and Wheatridge. Our first thought was the satellite that's supposed to be re-entering the atmosphere however, when I told our 15 year old, she informed me that meteors were expected to hit our area this week. Darn teenagers, they really do know everything, lol. Anyway, we didn't see anything about it on the news, but multiple calls were made to at least one of our local stations.
Your page said to e-mail with info, so here I am. If you would like more information, please send a response. Alas, I was at home when this took place and missed out on seeing such an awesome event. Take care and happy hunting. -L2TB Thank you!
North Platte, NE 4:30 central time
Hi I saw the same meteor that the lady reported in Colorado. We saw it in North Platte, NE driving northbound. It looked like a fireball just fell out of the sky in the north west with several sparks behind it! It looked as big as a plane and disappeared seconds after it started! It was 4:30 central time so the time is the same as the Colorado viewer in mountain time! We thought it was the satellite because of the size but turns out it was a meteor!!! Very pretty sight!!! Also two people from Arnold, NE reported seeing it at the same time!!! -Casandra Thank you Casandra!
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