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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports:
17SEP2012 Gill Golding South Devon TQ7 2JG UK 9.30 - 9.45pm approx 4sec approx E-W white fireball with long tail large firework (rocket) No None
17SEP2012 Tom Restronguet, Cornwall 20.4 3 sec East to West Green fireball, no sound Bright as the moon Yes fragmenting Appeared quite low in the sky, about 30 degrees above the horizon, very beautiful and surprising.
17SEP2012 Helen Bilgic Sheffield United kingdom 20:44:00 5 seconds NW Bright light yellow sun No I just saw a bright light shooting towards the back of the factory at work
17SEP2012 F SWAIN North Shropshire UK 20.45 GMT 5 E-W large bright white fireball with tail moon yes seemed very close to earth
17SEP2012 A WOOD GLOUCESTER,UK 20:40 BST 2-3 SECS S-E;N-W LEFT TO RIGHT FACING WEST GREEN VENUS FRAGMENTED INTO SEVERAL PARTS NONE
17SEP2012 Sharon Aur Gwynedd, Wales 20:52:00 3 left to right bright yellow, with blue outline bright as the sun no looked like a huge fireball, unforgettable
17SEP2012 GARY TURNHAM WELLS, UK 20.47 3 United Kingdom blue very bright no east to west
17SEP2012 Ry Leicester, UK 20:44:00 5 N-S Green/white Bright Yes Shooting
17SEP2012 Darren Eddy Bedford, England 20.40 GMT Visible for 2 seconds but house across road in the way S-N FAcing West Bright Green Bright as Moon No About 30 degrees above the horizon
17SEP2012 MR SIMON NELMES THOUNBURY ENGLAND 20.4 5 TO 7 SECONDS SE-W BRIGHT YELLOW THEN WHITE BACK TO YELLOW VENUS SEEMED TO BREAK UP BRIGHT YELLOW THEN WENT TO BRIGHT WHITE BEFORE SLOWING DOWN AND SEEMED TO BREAK UP YELLOW 3 SMALLER PARTS BEFORE I LOST IT BEHIND HOUSES DID LIGHT SKY PS AIR CRAFT FLYING S/E SAME TIME
17SEP2012 Louis Dallard Radstock, Bath, BA3 3SU, England 21:30:00 5-10 seconds facing sw, went from SE to NW bright whight and orange light bit brighte than venus same direction quite low down to earth.
17SEP2012 chloe roberttown,,west yorkshie,u.k 9.00ish 5sec e-w grren,yellow,blue sun no fast bright light
17SEP2012 CATRIN CARDIFF, UK 18.45 BST 6 SECONDS. BUT WE DIDN'T SEE THE START. IT WAS GOING WEST. WE WERE FACING SOUTH A BRIGHT LIGHT THROUGH CLOUDS. THEN A VERY LARGE GREEN OBJECT WITH A TAIL. AS BRIGHT AS A FIREWORK NOT THAT WE SAW NO OTHER OBSERVATIONS
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