A recent article on New Scientist shows a Cygnus spacecraft being incinerated during atmospheric re-entry.
The video was shot from a chartered aircraft out of Sydney, Australia - "to track the craft during its descent, recording how it brightened and broke up."
Note the **velocity** of the Cygnus spacecraft as it burns-up, which is much slower (relatively speaking) than a 'normal and natural' meteor/fireball/bolide.
This video can be used as a teaching tool to help differentiate between 'space trash' and space rocks - for future observations/reports.
Background 'space rock' update:
Overnight (7-July->8-July), there has been a small increase in the number of <0.5AU discoveries for current period "N" (1-Jul to 15-Jul). The new total rose to 388, with 2016 NN15.
So far, in period "N", the number of <10LD new discoveries increased to a modest 5; 2 of which are in the >1<5LD range and 3 in the >5<10LD range.
Total <0.5AU discoveries for 2016, so far, is 30,258. 217 of these have close-approaches <10LD (0.7171%).
2 x Major USA fireball events: Sunday 06-March-2016
reported by meteordetective
INITIAL POSTING: Mon-07-Mar-2016: 07:20GMT
Update 6) Tue 08-Mar-2015, 19:35Z
A video of what might be a third event at 21:45 Pacific has been posted to Youtube on XenonRocket's Channel. I'm unable (no e-mail address available) to contact the YouTuber directly, but here's the embedded video. According to the directions & location provided, the meteor seems to be travelling NE->SW.
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Update 5) Tue-08-Mar-2015, 05:00Z
Overnight, I had a witness from the Dallas event e-mail me a full set of answers to the Sightings Questionnaire, which was invaluable in assessing the Texas sighting of 20:45 Central Time on Sunday 6-March-2016.
It would appear to have been a large bolide (-4 mag.) travelling South-North on a moderate descending trajectory. The witness described the bolide as "Light orange in front with blue long tail. Very blue almost totally round in front then narrowing tail. Not like a far away shooting star." Note the use of the word "round". With regard to size, the witness states that it was: "Rounded front part was about size of thumb" (at arm's length), so the bolide was clearly large in size.
I'm still struggling to find any photos or videos of the event, so if you should find any, please let me know?
Thank you.
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Update 4) Mon-07-Mar-2015, 19Z43.
Second confirmation that the 8:15 pm is a distinct and separate (and I believe to be space-trash at this point) event - compared to the slightly later 20:26 event (which looks like a proper fireball). Second witness suggests that the space-trash landed east of route 101 - after coming-in at a steep angle.
No media coverage??
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Update 3) Mon-07-Mar-2016, 18Z53.
Well, it seems that at least one of the California events was something man-made re-entering our atmosphere. I've also had a report by e-mail of a potentially earlier event - around 8:10pm Pacific Time. Here's the first video I've seen of what I strongly suspect is NOT a meteor/meteorite (at least for one of the California sightings).
It looks like 2 events, 2 hours apart. Initial reports are that the California fireball' was very large, although the 15-20 seconds sighting-length of the CA event suggests space-trash? More data needed, please!
a) Texas, 20:45 Central Time / 02:45GMT
b) California, 20:25 Pacific Time / 04:25 GMT
I've checked by telephone with Vandenburg AF Base and they were not aware of any launches etc.
AMS' pending queue does not reflect the traffic that LunarMeteoriteHunters has been receiving, but AMS has both events in pending status.
END UPDATE
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Website traffic & a couple of e-mails suggest that there's been a major event over California USA on Sunday evening at +/- 8:30PM local time, with a second report from Dallas, TX for a similar time (don't know whether the events are related/same at this point).
If you witnessed this event and/or have images / video which you are happy to be posted (with credit) here on Lunar Meteorite Hunters website/blog, then please e-mail meteordetective@gmail.com with the following information, if possible.
1) Time and location of sighting
2) Angle from observer to the object in the sky - i.e. 90 deg. = overhead to 0 deg. = ground-level.
3) Estimated elevation/height of the object(s)
4) Apparent direction of travel: decent angle (e.g. 45 deg. down) + azimuth (N to S etc)
5) Estimated size of the object(s) - using your thumb/thumbnail at arm's length as a comparison.
6) Velocity: How many seconds to cross what portion (e.g. 1/2) of the sky
Thank you for your contributions and information. My intention is to post more information, along with the best images & videos - once I have more detail.
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Breaking News- Oklahoma Morning Super Bolide Asteroid or SPACE TRASH? 19NOV2014
FAKED Event Videos!...sorry folks I have a feeling... 4 suspect videos - no reports of event and no web traffic searching for it prior to posting- conclusion faked event.
"click on image to enlarge" Oklahoma Early Morning Super Bolide Asteroid 19NOV2014 Photo Credit- Peter Gibbons
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Breaking News- MBIQ Detects NSW QLD ACT VIC TAS Australia Meteor Approx 2145 AEST 10JUL2014 - Confirmed!
Likely Seen By Thousands! May have beenspace trashor re-entry vehicle based on long duration of 20-40 seconds or more. SPACE TRASH! - 14037J Debris
"click on image to enlarge" NSW QLD ACT VIC TAS Australia Meteor Approx 2145 AEST 10JUL2014 v.4 c2014 LunarMeteoriteHunter / Google Earth
Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
Toorak, Melbourne. We saw a fireball dropping from the sky at approximately 9:50pm, we were unsure what it was, but googled and this website came up. We just thought we would report to you! We saw it falling for about 10 seconds. - Rochelle and Tahna
10JUL2014 Dyllon Peiris Melbourne, VIC, Australia 21:40:00 AEST 25 seconds East to North Warm white streak, could see parts of the meteor breaking off Moon yes couldn't get a clear photo, watching through a window.
10JUL2014 Patrick Andreoli Noble Park, Melbourne, Australia 21:47:00 AEST lasted about 15 seconds from the NE heading NNW facing North 5 degrees about 25 degrees high in the sky no sound but along of red and green with two large tails of varying size as bright as the moon short small bursts of brightning granula fragmentation amazing
10JUL2014 Kim Oliver Paterson NSW 10.45pm 40-50 seconds sth to Nthwest in weston sky Bright Fire Ball extremely bright yell/orange looked like welding sparks very long tail
10JUL2014 Rory Buchanan Melbourne, VIC, AUSTRALIA 2145/UTC+10 40+ seconds S-N White/no sound Same as moon Yes, multiple large tail and coma, bright point, flames not straight
10JUL2014 Jude Billard Footscray, Victoria, Australia 2135 30 East to west. I was facing north Fireball I thought a plane had caught fire No big ball of flame A glimpse on my iPad camera
10JUL2014 JACQUIE SUNBURY, VICTORIA AUSTRALIA 20.45 30 FACING EAST TRAVELLED S/E TO NORTH BRIGHT WHITE , LONG WHITE SPARKLY TAIL, TRAVELLING VERY FAST. SLOWED DOWN SPARKS CAME OFF AND TAIL TURNED PINK. HEAD EVENTUALLY TURNED PINK AND DISSAPEARED BRIGHT WHITE YES REAL FAST TRAVELLING
10JUL2014 shelley handley Devon North, Australia 21:45:00 6 SECONDS ? SE TO NW WHITE LINE AND RED VENUS YES THE PART BEHIND WHITE LINE LOOKED AS IF THEY WERE ON FIRE
10JUL2014 JACQUIE SUNBURY, VICTORIA AUSTRALIA 20.45 30 FACING EAST TRAVELLED S/E TO NORTH BRIGHT WHITE , LONG WHITE SPARKLY TAIL, TRAVELLING VERY FAST. SLOWED DOWN SPARKS CAME OFF AND TAIL TURNED PINK. HEAD EVENTUALLY TURNED PINK AND DISSAPEARED BRIGHT WHITE YES REAL FAST TRAVELLING
10JUL2014 Sarah Terry Northern country, Victoria, Inglewood, Australia 21:45:00 30 seconds Sth east heading nth west Bright, sparks and trail Sun Yes Very slow moving
10JUL2014 chris berowra, Australia 2140 15 Australia orange sun yes long tail, look like there were 2 objects the same size/ apperance, did not have phone on me to capture picture
10JUL2014 Wes Price ELMHURST, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA 21:48:00 30 sec Travelling from south to north. Right to left Large yellow ball with a trail of bright cyan blue, appeared to glow orange and change to blue venus no Sensational viewing.
10JUL2014 Renita Wallan, Victoria, Australia 21:40:00 90 Facing north, it travel SE TO NW White Moon Yes, had a very long white tail Was driving so didn't get a photo, but it was pretty big
10JUL2014 Matt Melbourne, Australia 21:39:00 20-25 seconds from SE to Nw bright light with tail, bursts of light not constant light hot type sun type light, with bursts of brightness no but had a long visible tail It was quite big moving very fast and had some big bursts of light as it interacted with the atmosphere
10JULY2014 Jade Setter Sydney, NSW, Erskine Park, Australia 21.45 approx 10-15 seconds Travelling up Peppertree Drive Erskine Park travelling south-west, sighting in the sky travelling in a north-west direction. started from left to right. at first bright like a star, like a shooting star- then changed to a dark colour spread out with red/orange spots at first bright like a bunch of stars together then turned to a dark colour yes there was- turned to orange like specs in the sky dragging downwards started off looking like a shooting star and lasted longer than would be expected and then turned into a dark colour which looked like it was being spread out with red/orange parts spread behind it falling to the ground until it disappeared
10JUL2014 Sean Wilson Launceston, Tasmania, Australia 21:42:00 10-15 secs Traveling from NNE to North. I was facing north. Golden-ish with sparkling tail no sound Simular to moon or star Just a trail of sparks behind, no fragments breaking off. n Smoke like trail after sparking tail for a short distance
10JUL2014 ellen stone northcote melbourne australia 21:50:00 over 30 secs NE bright white and glowing yellow sun yes four tail headed due north, then descended
10JUL2014 Lynda Trundle NSW Australia 21.45pm 40sec s to nw red, orange, green, pink venus yes awesome sight
10JUL2014 Nathan Vermey St Georges Basin NSW Australia 2145/ 10+ GMT,PM descending slowly maybe 10-15 secs, looked more like a very fast plane West / traveling north, left to right Red orange trail, orange lead fragment and bright white trailing fragment in the trail of the first one, the second fragment was bright and twinkled like a star, no sound but the car was running Brighter than any stars, yes one main fragment behind buring bright white (for a few seconds), looked like many smaller fragments Had a massive trail behind it, holding a ruler at arms length it was about 5-6 cms, didn't hear a sound but the car was running, this is the first meteor i have seen, it was AWESOME!
10JUL2014 jennifer melbourne, Australia 21:46:00 60seconds heading NW bright white breaking off into several small trails moon yes large red tail behind meteor before breaking off
10JUL2014 Goran Doreen, Victoria 21:45:00 60+ facing east, light travelling left. yellow white moon parts were trailing it travelling for over 1 minute , then I lost it in the mist. had a huge glow around it.
10JUL2014 Jeremy Mcpherson braybrook, Australia 9.47 3 min West Red/orange/white tail very bright burned out close to round too late to photo
10JUL2014 Daniel Clarke Frankston, Melbourne, Victoria 2140 8 seconds facing 102°E went right to left white tail with orange ball about same as moon brightness no disappeared behind clouds, perhaps it burnt up?
10JUL2014 darren b Batemans bay nsw 2536 australia 22:00:00 around 30secs SW to NE Blue and white bit brighter than moon yes from my point of view was 10 inch long
10JUL2014 Mish Melbourne Victoria australia Approx 9.35 pm 60 sec North South I think Yellow/ gold Same as the sun Yes Biggest I have ever seen, very clear with a tail of light
MBIQ Data Set-
Croydon, Victoria arrived from google.com.au on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for report meteor sighting australia.
20:55:00 -- 1 minute ago
West Hoxton, New South Wales arrived from google.com.au on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: MBIQ Detects NSW & QLD, Australia Meteor 30NOV2012" by searching for meteorit sightings nsw.
20:51:58 -- 3 minutes ago
Sydney, New South Wales arrived from bing.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK Red Meteor Fireball 24MAR2011" by searching for newcastle meteorite.
20:50:41 -- 3 minutes ago
Australia arrived from bing.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteor sightings.
20:50:23 -- 4 minutes ago
Sydney, New South Wales arrived from bing.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for 10 July meteor.
20:50:12 -- 3 minutes ago
Ryde, New South Wales arrived from google.com.au on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for sighting in sky tonight.
20:49:31 -- 4 minutes ago
MBIQ Data Set-
Croydon, Victoria arrived from google.com.au on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for report meteor sighting australia.
20:55:00 -- 1 minute ago
West Hoxton, New South Wales arrived from google.com.au on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: MBIQ Detects NSW & QLD, Australia Meteor 30NOV2012" by searching for meteorit sightings nsw.
20:51:58 -- 3 minutes ago
Sydney, New South Wales arrived from bing.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK Red Meteor Fireball 24MAR2011" by searching for newcastle meteorite.
20:50:41 -- 3 minutes ago
Australia arrived from bing.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for meteor sightings.
20:50:23 -- 4 minutes ago
Sydney, New South Wales arrived from bing.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for 10 July meteor.
20:50:12 -- 3 minutes ago
Ryde, New South Wales arrived from google.com.au on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for sighting in sky tonight.
20:49:31 -- 4 minutes ago
نيزك Breaking News- MBIQ Detects Saudi Arabia Fireball Space Trash 23:15: Local 16JAN2014
with Fragmenttation! Meteorites may have survived?! - with unconfirmed videos! SPACE TRASH! It has been determined that the event was caused by the re-entry of a rocket body. Dr. Rob Matson writes, "
It was the reentry of the CZ-3B rocket body (International Designation 2008-028B) that launched Chinasat-9 back in June 2008. The reentry track goes right over central Saudi Arabia :http://www.aerospace.org/cords/reentry-predictions/upcoming-reentries-2/2008-028b/ --Rob
"click on image to enlarge" Saudi Arabia Space trash Fireball 23:15: Local 16JAN2014 v1 c2014 LunarMeteoriteHunter / Google Earth
نيزك يعبر فضاء المدينة المنورة2014/1/15
Posted on YouTube by العقل نعمهviews 216
Published on Jan 16, 2014 - My comment---Video faked or altered???
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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
16JAN2014 Zaher Jeddah , Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 23:15:00 30 S-N, west side Red yellow Pale Yes 2 parts fallen It divided into 2 parts and continued the projectile
16JAN2014 Thousands of people Jeddah, Saudi arabia 18:05 UT It was slow West to east Big fire ball seen by thousands from all over the northern part of saudi arabia and from ceveral cities including Meddina city, Jeddah and eastern part of the country Very bright Maybe Sabq.org and other local websites wrote about it
16JAN2014 Ahmed Jamalullail Jeddah 23:10:00 Over 20 sec Looking towards North, Starts from NW to NE blue-greenish/no sound venus and blinking while breaking apart parts may have fallen towards east side to Jeddah's airport Video taken but show shiny dot as we were driving in the city.
16JAN2014 Rainier Vargas and family Jeddah, thaliyah cor Malik road past 11pm 30-40 west to east direction. white with touch of blue venus bright breaks into more fragments no photo or video taken.
MBIQ Data Set-
Jeddah,Makkah,Saudi Arabia
King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology(109.171.137.220)
17 Jan 05:59:55
Saudi Arabia arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Breaking News- Ireland, Isle of Man, UK Fireball Meteor 15JAN2014".
07:17:56 -- 14 minutes ago
Jeddah, Makkah arrived on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 16JAN2014".
06:58:27 -- 33 minutes ago
Saudi News Report- Astronomical Jeddah:" register "fireball" western" Saudi Arabia rare phenomenona
Sabq.org
...space object atmosphere may be a stone Nizquia large or asteroid was young, when at about 23:00 local time, according to preliminary estimates, this offense Space reached a diameter of about nine meters, and weighs about 1,000 tons metric, and fell angle between about 15 and 20 degrees at about 55,000 kilometers per hour, and left behind a trail of dust extended for a distance of over 300 kilometers.. use Google Translate! http://sabq.org/iHOfde
وكانت سماء الأجزاء الغربية من السعودية قد شهدت اختراق جسمٍ فضائي الغلاف الجوي قد يكون حجراً نيزكياً كبير الحجم أو كويكباً صغيراً، عند نحو الساعة 11:00 مساءً بالتوقيت المحلي، وبحسب التقديرات الأولية فإن ذلك الجرم الفضائي بلغ قطره نحو تسعة أمتار، ووزنه نحو 1000 طن متري، وسقط بزاوية ما بين حوالي 15 و20 درجة بسرعة حوالي 55.000 كيلو متر في الساعة، وترك خلفه ذيلاً من الغبار امتد لمسافةٍ تزيد على 300 كيلو متر تقريباً، وبلغ لمعانه الظاهري ما يفوق لمعان كوكب الزهرة. ... http://sabq.org/iHOfde
Breaking Major News - MBIQ Indicates Large Bolide Meteor Fireball Seen in Germany, Holland, France, Luxenbourg, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, Denmark, and the Czech Republic ~17:30 (GMT+1) 24DEC2011 Meteor or Space Trash? Duration indicates Space Trash But NOT Confirmed.
Meteor Bot Internet Query (MBIQ) has just triggered on a large event!
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Researcher Daniel Fischer, Germany, writes: It's already obvious that these reports - as well as the panicky eyewitness videohttp://yfrog.com/7251452653z - refer to the reentry ofthe upper stage of the Soyuz that launched the last ISS crew increment: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2011/12/breaking-news-decay-of-soyuz-rb-stage.html (found this all out within minutes thanks to Twitter, by the way). Funny a Dutchman was aboard, and now the debris has burned up over the Netherlands. :-) Daniel
Komet über Deutschland am 24.12.2011
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Sighting Reports Thus Far; Thank YOU ALL! :
Sighting Reports for Germany / Europe Soyuz Trash Bolide Meteor Fireball 24DEC2011
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24DEC2011Chris FischerVaihingen a.d. Enz, Germany17:30 CET20-30W-EWhite, no soundSlightly darker than moon.Dense cluster of fragments.Shortly disappeared behind clouds.
24/12/2011Marco HofmannMagdeburg/ Sachsen-Anhalt17:30:0015-20 secN-WYellow- white large tail with fireMoonAfter 20 seconds it split into fragmentsIn the German TV news told that it could be a burnt piece of a space rocket.
24DEC2011Leon van de PeppelArnhem17:30 CETAbout 20 sec. what i sawSW;NEWhite, Yellowbrighter then the MoonLong stream of fragments behind (tail)No
24dec2011Gerjan krulNieuwleusen, netherlands17:25 gmt+ 130Right to leftYellowBrighter theb venusLast 5 seconds there were parts falling off.I was walking the dog when i looked in the sky, I thought it was a plane, but there were no blinking lights. I could watch it for 30 secs. It was bright yellow with a long tale. At last it fell a part and it vanished. My firts thought: WTF?!
24DEC2011KASEYBAUMHOLDER GERMANY173030 SECNOT SURE IT WAS MY HUSBAND WHO SAW ITGOLDMOONYESNONE
12/24/2011Davide PirottiTORINO ( ITALY )17.30 CET30 to 40 secWest to Eastwarm white t oyellowmore than moon2 fragments - big vapour trailImpressive
24Dez2011Birgit HaasSprendlingen/Deutschland17.3550Right to Leftwhite/yellowFireball5-6 FragmentEs sah aus wie eine riesen Sternschnuppe mit sehr langem weissen Schweif, sehr schnell und kurz vor dem Verschwinden zerteilte sich der Feuerball noch einmal
24DEC2011KatieWaiblingen, Germany17:30/ CET5-15 secWest to EastRed, White, Orange, YellowAt least moon, maybe moreYes, 5 or 6 big pieces, more smaller ones (at least 10-12 total)Incredible, never seen anything like it before, Had a tail, long and thick
12/24/2011Allison ReedDijon, France17:30:0015-30 seconds possiblyLeft to RightWhite light; no soundApproximate brightness of moonThere was a tail akin to a cometVery bright ball with a long tail. It lasted fir a remarkable length of time.
24DEC2011ElisaRhode Saint Genese (near Brussels), BELGIUM17.25 UTC+115 seconds, but did not see the beginningSW-Every bright, warm colours, some fog around it, extremely long and thick tail, soundlessquite brighti did not see fragments, but i only saw the last 15 seconds before it disappeared towards the horizonthe warm colours that i saw (yellow/pink) might have been influenced by the remainder of the sun, as the sky was not entirely dark yet
24DEC2011COUSSOT Jean-LouisMâcon - France16 h 30 zulu time (17 h 30 local time)seen 10-15 second, then was masqued by cloudsfrom west to eastvery white, can't ear sound because I was driving my carmore than venusno fragments, but a nice tailTime is aproximative, I vas driving and I did'nt look at my clock. From Mâcon, it was 20-30° above horizon.
24Dec2011RomainHalle/Saale, Germany17:24 METmax. 20 secEast Right to Leftyellow, red sparkles, no sound audibleairplane searchlighta lot of fading fragmentsI've seen a lightball up to an minute before the major event. Unfortunally the sky was cloudy so it might be possible that the object travels from south to east.
12/24/2011OLIVIER FILLERForbach17.351min17.32 / 17.34Sun / red no soundAs sunI think there were fragment falled but I dont know whereIt was so big, big duration, brightness. It break in two parts
24dec2011Fabian verminDinteloord, netherlands17:30:0015 secW;S-ELarge GoreMoonS-EBright fire stripe
24DEC2011Jutta MuehlsteffDRENSTEINFURT near MUENSTER, GERMANY17:27/ CET20 - 30 secfrom right to left, W-Enothing heard, saw a huge burning object, first thought that it was something like an airplane crashing down/the object was orange and yellow, so actually looking like firenearly as bright as the sunno fragmentsit seemed very close to earth and had an increasing speed
24.12.2011Alex SouthHameln Germany16.33o secswest to eastwhite/ orangevenusbroke up as we watchedTail bcame wider once broke up.
24/12/2011BERNARD MélaniePierrefontaine les Blamont, France17h272 minWest-Eastyellow orange with white tailsunyesimpressed
24.12.2011Marie PolliLugano Switzerland17.30 +1gmt30 sec.17.30 from W to E, I was travelling from S to Nany sound, yellowvery brightnessvery big, it disappear over the mountainsvery beautiful
24dec2011Hermann MeurerHodeng Au Bosc17.30 CET45 secSE - NWBright clear LightSuntail of burning fragmentsLow tractory - almost like airplane but to fast.
24DEC2011MarcelBüdingen, Germany17:25:0045 secS-W;N-ENo soundBright Not where I live. Most likely everything burned during the re-entryI took a video and posted it on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyC_fNsQ2mg
24DEC2011TtonyLuxembourg cityApprox 17.308 secondsEast to WestWhite with tail of debrisBrightParts falling off towards the WestVery bright and large
24DEC2011Achim MaierLutzerath, Eifel, Germanyapprox. 17:251 MinuteFrom West to Eastbright yellow-white, flamelike tail. The travelling path could be seen over a long time and distance. At the end it disintegrated completly.Moonlike BrightnessLoads of parts breaking away. Incredible sight. Where 3 eye-whitnessses who never saw something like this before. First thought of a plane crashing.
24Dec2011stefan albersMünster Germanyca. 17:30+xca 90 secwsw / ese - right to leftOne very bright, white, shining Objekt with a very long fire tail. After ca. 20 sec the objekt fell apart into several smaler objekts loosing its brightness. The smaller objekts had a more orange/yellow color. From our location the objekt fell apart in the south. The group of smaller objekts disapeared east/south/east of our location. The flightway was nearly horizontal, speed constant untill it fell apart then becoming little slower. bright fireballone objekt very bright, falling apart into 5-10 smaller psorry, no photo
24DEC2011KatherineBaumholder, Germany173045 secondsRight to LeftFire Ball looking with a really long tailSunLooked like sparklers falling offIt was very big. The way I could best describe it is as a "shooting star" but very large and very slow. If a shooting star was extremely close to earth, I imagine this is what it would look like. At first we were scared, we didn't know if it was a plane on fire and decending. We watched it for about 45 seconds then it passed behind our building.
24DEC2011onurbBEAUNE17h30 (GMT+1)60secNO-NEyellow/orangevenussmalls explosionsyellow/orange with smalls fragments
24DEC2011Klaus ZErhaft86633 Neuburg, GErmanyca 17:30 CETca 20 sec due to cloudsNW to NEyellowish sparkling no soundbrighter than moonfirst two parts, then one in front, at least eight smaller followingno
24DEZ2011Christian NiederauerLandshut, Germany17.30 (mesz+1)10left to rightwhite colormoonmany fragments-
24Dec2011Henning and DinaLueneburg, Germany17.30 (GMT+1)30N-Egreen, yellow, redmoonone piece falling apart into ~5 bigger onesseemed to be slow, maybe bigger distance form earth?
24DEZ2011Daniel SchmidtSolingen, Germany17:37 h , CET20 - 30 secW-EHe looks like Burning. I think he exploded. Five to ten seconds later there was a bangThe brightness was changed frequently.I don't know. I think he is exploded.Was it a Meteor ?
24DEC11EricaGaiberg, Baden-Wurtemberg, Germany1740 Central European Time1-2 minutesall the way across the sky, west to eastYellow in colorSame as moon, VERY brightlong stream of fragments behind (tail)This was incredible.
24DEC2011Joseph MartinKaiserslautern, Germany1730L30 SecNWYellow/OrangeMoonYes. Parts falling off.Looking west from Kaisreslautern
24 12 2011JACOBY JJPONT A MOUSSON 17H25 FRANCE50 SECFROM SO TO NERED ORANGEmoon +++?????
24DEC2011Isaac DavidMühlhausen Thüringen Germany17:45 CET30 secS-W;N-E.Bright white and yellowMoon brightnessAfter 20 seconds it split into fragmentsIt was a big fireball with a long tale that lit up the sky, and after a few seconds it crumbled into smaller fragments
24DEC2011AlainAvelgem, BELGIUM1730 AOne minuteDirection of Travel: NORTH-EAST, YellowVery brightNo fragment, lots of sparksProbably flew over Brussels
24DEC2011AngelaPforzheim, Germany21:14:00Very long, you could tell it was bright until it crashed West/EastWhite in color. no sound, saw huge thick tail.. Split in two while breaking up.. HUGESUNYes, Broke in 2Very big and bright, huge tail..definitely crashed on Earth
24/12/2011David FinchDusseldorf, Germany17:20 CETapproximately 2 minuteswsw-eneYellow ball with trailing contrail, eventually broke into multiple smaller fragments brighter than anything else in the skyFragments continuing in same direction as original object but with gradually trajectorieswideningN/A
24DEC2011Dick vd KnaapHENGELO NETHERLANDS17.25 utc+1over 2 minutesSW-SW abt 10-15 degr above horizonmainly whitelarger then venusyesmaybe piece of spacejunk?
24DEC2011Thorsten & ThordisNieder-Olm, Germany17:30:0040 secWest to Eastwhite, red sparkles, brighter than Venus, less than moonYesAmazing
24.12.2011Joshua Luke Claudio Nürburgring Eifel Germany5.30 p. M. App. 1 MinuteWest to EastBright yellowish to OrangeMoon-Very Long duration...Must have been THE xmas star : ) the Timeline coincidence is quite baffling
24/12/2011Jan BoertienEmmen, The Netherlands17.25app. 2 minutesRight to LeftYellow/white large tail with fire(20x object)MoonIn the large tail sometimes fire piecessmall film off bad quality
24DEC2011JulienMainz, Germany1730 UTC+1over 30 secWSW-ESEyellow, white / no sound heardVery bright (as the moon)yesNever seen that before, very bright and big, a vapor trail behind was visible, it disappeared behind buildings. For a shooting star it was very big and slow but for an aircraft it was way too fast!
24DEC2011Angelika HumbertGriesheim, Germany17:30 CET25secW-EWhite, blue, brightMoonfragments, 4seems to burn
24DEC2011ChrisSteinsel, Luxembourg17:28 CET30 secWorange/redbrighter than Venussome, very smallit was definitely Santa Claus! :)
24DEC2011ElvinMetz, France17:45 pm30 secW-ENo sound, the ball was big and very bright, with a very long tail of different colorsSunYesI noticed small parts falling of while going towards east
24DEC2011François WPeruwelz, Belgium17h2015-20secE right to leftwhitehightyesamazing!
24Dec2011Gretchen KuchtaBrucken(Pfalz), Germany17:30:00Over 1 minuteW-ELarge yellow/orange ball with tail and fragmentsBrighter than moonYes many fragmentsLeft a trail like a plane in the sky. Something was definitely burning.
24DEC2011AndyMontfort17:25 CET10 sec-20 secTravelling from south to nord. didn't stop in the sky, but disappeared behind the trees.Red/orange color without soundA bit brighter than the moonDidn't see there where falling part offPretty long lightstream
24DEC2011KarolinaDudelange, Luxembourg17:30:0020secW-EOne bright yellow/orange object with long tail, sparkle fire. Constant speed. No sound. Moon, warm colorsLot of parts coming offSomething burning, probably not a plane because of horizontal path.
24/12/2011massimoComo, Italy17:30:0030-40 SECONDSW-Elong yellow/orange tail. body brighter. No soundvery brightlong tail of fragmentsnever seen something similar; I even thought it was a plane in flames. It seemed very close.
24.12.2011Diego&JuanitaMoenchengladbach-rheydt, Germanz17:30:00around 30 secondsdirection east.no sound, wide and long bright yellow comet shapedbrighter than Venusno parts falling of, but a wide stripeLooked as it was not flying too high, it seemed more as an airplane in flames from our point of view
24DEC2011LolaGLuxembourg17:30:0090 secE-WYellow, long tailmoonmoonVideo
12/24/2011Ulrich SchäfferBensheim/Hesse/Germany17:40 CET10 s - disappeared behind Bergstrasse mountainsDirection: Eastyellow and white light. Span about 10 degrees. Moved quickly. No sound.between venus and moonmultiple fragments - 5-10 pieces. one large one at the topBearing: east
24DEZ2011Frank Grajetzky59174 Kamen Germany~17:30?10-20secSW/SElight rumblefull moonyes, 4-5It went from SW over S to SE Before moving out of view it fell apart. Somehow I had the impression that it was quite near and round about 30° above horizon.
24.12.2011Bernd and NadineGerchsheim, Germany17:23 GMT+1more than 30 secondsW-Ebright whitesimilar to the moonlight-Quite amazing.We were deeply impressed. And this at Chrismas evening- we also thought of "Star of Bethlehem".
24DEZ2011NepomukGIessen17:20 MEZ15secW-Eorange red whitemoonNoit looked like the Christmas Star
24DEC2011ROGER SIEUW7910 WATTRIPONT BELGIUM+/- 5.25 pm (GMT+1)About 15 secfrom W to NE/ELong Yellow trail of fireBrighter than moonlight, more yellow/orange colorNoWas just going to enter my car
24.12.2011Jürgen LuxKaiserslautern, Germanyca. 17:25seen for 5-10 seceast of Fischbachvery brigh with white, yellow, red tailvery bright (at least as bright as moon)nonever seen such a bright observation before
24DEC2011NathalieHuncherange, Luxembourg+/- 17.30 30 sec - 1meast to westno sound, white very bright, moonno no
24DEC2011JonymacBasingstoke20:05:0015 SECSSW-NEBRIGHT ORANGE/ SILENTVENUS+NOMUCH FASTER THAN A PLANE AND BRIGHTER THAN A SATELLITE; BRIGHT ORANGE
24DEC2011Benno ReinhardVaihingen, Enz, Germany17:20:00about 30 secS,Nchanged from bright white to orange/redbright like a plane landingstarted with one shining point, broke apart to 2,3 parts, later about 10 parts raining to earth at the horizonremembered me to pictures of the space shuttle crash in 2002
24.12.2011Ramoner H. LAIVES, LEIFERS, ITALY17:25 (Timezone +1)10 sec (house blocked the vision)from W to EBright Fireball, emitting sparksVenusemitting sparksno
24Dec2011SharmaLuxembourg ville, Luxembourg 17:30 hrs CET10 secWest to Eastwhite and yellow head with tailVery brightno parts falling...disappeared after following an arc pathit was very bright and was not sure what it was. 4 of us saw if from terrace
12/24/2011Ronnie SawyerKaiserslautern Germany172015-25right to leftlight orange, yellow, glitterymoonno, was entactthinking space trash, I have seen comets, and meteor showers. This was not one of the two.
24Dec2011Mark ChristensenMackenbach, Germany1730 CET45-60 seconds.From the western horizon it traveled directly east overhead until far east of me.Yellow and orange. Could see disintegration as pieces fell off.Brighter than the moon.Many fragments.It looked like it broke up and stopped glowing, maybe pieces fell to the east of me (but at that height could be many miles).
24DEC2011Alex DEuskirchen, Germany17:29 MEWT25 sec (i guess i saw the last 1/3 of its way, so it must have been about 1,5 min in total)from S to W in 50-100 km distance east from Euskirchenwhen i noticed it i thought i saw a glowing can with a tail of fire. when i opened the window (coz reflexion) the object was completely covered in flames and a few pieces fell off. Color was that of a normal fire, yellow/orange. I think i saw something glowing white before i opened the window, could be my imagination tho.same as a burning house (or two)Yes, there were about 5-10 parts falling offa once in a lifetime experience. i like to watch the sky, so i saw something similiar, but way smaler once. (duration 10 sec, fireball falling then burning up in atmosphere, same speed, same colour). this object was too slow for a meteor and way toooo fast for a plane, i guess it was about the speed of a satelite, maby a bit slower, but it was bigger than a satelite. i guess it was the size of a wagon (train). the vector and altitude were unique. it seemed like a landing plane, so the kinetic energy must have been enormous, wich means that it was a very massive object, not a rock or ice, but steel. I guess it is either a part of a space station or a massive piece of space junk. in any case, it was stunning. a nice little xmas present from the heavens ;)
24DEC2011Andrea HoehnLeimrieth/Thuringia/ GER17.30 ESTat least 30 secsW-E / left to rightyellow to orange/ no soundbright like the moonone bigger centrepiece with a few smaller pieces surrounding thatMaybe the star of Bethlehem again?
24DEC2011Mathias DebonneKORTRIJK17:00 CETAbout 15 secRight to LeftBright Yellow/OrangeAs bright as fireworksDon't know/
24DEC2011PeterKirkel / Saarland GERca. 17:30longer than 30secfrom east to west, nearly zenith position, slow movementColors were bright yellow, orange and white. first looked like ISS passing by, then I could see a faint stream like seen on high-flying airplanes, this stream remained for few minutes at the sky. no soundbrighter than venusIt looked like it´s been torn in fragments, did not see it exactly. No falling parts seen.never seen this before, really amazing, perfectly matching for X-mas when we were walking around in the fields with the children
24/11/2011Chris RobinsonStuttgart17: 2820 secondsNW to SE Left to RightBright mixture of white and yellow tail orange and red speckled headThe tail was bright white A very long tail that spanned at least half the skyAt first I thought it was a low flying jet because it seemed to have 4 separate trails.It seemed to stop quickly at this point it bcame obscured by clouds but th eglow of the trail filtered through the cloud.
24DEC2011Danny OlsonTOFTLUND, DENMARK17:27 UTC+1h30W-EWHITISH YELLOWNearly as VenusFragments and spreading trailI have discovered that my sighting was of Expedition 30's Soyuz booster.
24.12.2011Marko FuchsBreitingen (near Ulm) South Germany, in between Stuttgart and Munich.approx 17:3015 sec at leastleft-right / west-eastBright white, approx size in the sky of a fighter jet but about 20-30% faster I would say. No sound. Looked very close, saw it cover the whole sky, before it disappeared behind a low hill facing far west. As it disappeared it was starting to break up into fragments. Far east above cloud level, far east I would say below.Bright whiteYes, as I faced east.A breathtaking sight!
24/12/2011SivaLübeck17.345 sec.From Left to Right over the whole horizontwhite Yellow Orange10x venusmaybe baltic sea north over berlin?we try
12/24/2011BuckSpangdahlem AB, GermanyApprox 1530More than 2 minutes, children saw it....we ran to watch, showed dad through separate room, run outdoors and then get neighbor to watch with us.Right to leftYellow ball, white....glowing orange, looked to be on fire. Extremly bright, looked to be on fire.Yes! Husband saw it split off into at least different pieces each with their own tail. We saw them disintegrate among the trees behind our home.Awesome site! Thought satellite or possibly a plane crash since we are on a military base, quite scary.
24DEC2011Michael Thurn79853 Lenzkirch GERMANYest. 17:3010 -15 sest. W-Owhite yellowsunyesimpressive - never seen before
24.12.2011Gerhard Neinert61381 Friedrichsdorf Germany17:30 GMT+130secstarted at SE Declination 70° going eastno sound - white and redlike the moon behind some clouds - not too bright but still eye-catchingseemed to be hundreds of parts arround it - many sparksfireball with a lot of "sparks" arround and in its tail - visible for about 30seconds - turned dark red and vanished about 15° above the horizon (behind the clouds?) I'm still wondering why I could see this because at the time the sky was cloudy - was it beneath the clouds? ... or was it so bright that it shone through the clouds?
24DEZ2011MichaelLörrach (BW), Germany~ 17:30 MEZ (UTC +1:00)10 - 15 sec.W-Eno noiceseems to burnno parts falling offThis picture nearly describes what we saw: Img_16_9_450_32390328.jpg1474129217090178559.jpg
24th dec 2011FernieKaiserslautern173060sec or longerheading towards mainzBall of white no soundbright like the sunlooked like behind itAll I could think is WTF what ever it was it was traveling fast and about 15 mins latter I heard a two booming sounds, what ever it was it sounded like it crashed! I never seen anything like this in my life!
24DEC2011Brynn & TommyNeuwied, Germany17:30 Timezone CET30 secondsFrom East to West and From Right to LeftWhite ball, did not hear anything.Unnaturally lighter and brighter than the moon. There was a tail, it did not look parts were falling off. It looked like it was burning and the tail was very long and stayed in the sky for a considerable amount of time. It was slow moving too. (not like anything we have ever seen before.)
24DEC2011AngelaMunich, GermanyAround 17.30Less than 1 minuteLeft to RightWhite of a group of circa 7 stars. Not seperately, but more like in a bunch.Like falling star, but this time is around 7 stars at the same time.I don't think so. It happened so fast so I cannot take picture or video.
24.12.2011HanaPilsen, Czech Rep.17.29aprox. 20-25 sec.NW to NEglowing yellow ball with a long tail and followed by many other smaller balls with tails also.bright and warm collors of sunParts following the main onewow...amazing spectacle
24DEC2011JenniferEuerbach, Germany (Bavaria)17:30 CET30-45 secondsright to leftwhite/yellowishvery bright, like a fireballAt first, no fragment. Just a big ball of fire. Then, after it made an arc over my head, it fell to the left and broke into a few pieces.Started like a big fireball coming from the right. I thought it was some kind of shuttle taking off, which made no sense. Then, as it came closer, the big fireball began to arc right over my head and I saw it had a long white tail. As it continued it's journey, it broke off into pieces and almost seemed to glitter as the white tail followed behind. And then, after it had passed over me, it began to fall to the left and eventually burned out or something. It was the most beautiful thing I ever saw. It was like those fake xmas ornaments with a star and a tail trailing behind it. Execept it was real. Just a beautiful fireball of white with a white tail arching across the clear black sky.
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