Streak of light across sky mystifies Germans CBC.ca A mysterious bolt of light in the night sky baffled many Germans on Christmas Eve, with speculation running wild as to whether it was a meteor, a comet or space junk. Videos captured in central-western Germany show the blaze of light passing across the ...
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Not Santa? Curious Christmas Eve 'meteor' deemed part of rocket Deutsche Welle A bright object streaking across the sky caught the eye of many Germans on Christmas Eve. The Belgian Royal Observatory says it was a piece of the Soyuz rocket that took three astronauts to space on Wednesday. The mysterious trail of bright light ...
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Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Breaking Major News ... By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter Breaking Major News - MBIQ Indicates Large Bolide Meteor Fireball Seen in Germany, Holland, France, Luxenbourg, Swiss ~17:30 (GMT+1) 24DEC2011 Meteor or Space Trash? Duration indicates Space Trash But NOT Confirmed. Meteor... Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
Christmas Star explodes over the Netherlands By Dutch Daily News Many people in the Netherlands witnessed a large "fireball" meteor in the sky above The Netherlands on Christmas Eve around half past five pm. The very bright meteor held up to one minute, according to the first witnesses. Dutch Daily News
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12/24/2011Janaye BrutonAnnville, PA USA1900/est3 secondsn-sbright whitemoonnovery fast bright white and fell down to the land. Brighter and larger than a star. Didn't know what it was until I found this site. Thank you..I'm not crazy!!
12/24/2011joe santisoUpper St Clair, Pa USA18 20 est@7 secne to swgreenishvenus very brightnoclear sky
24DEC2011Chris WilliamsGermantown, MD, USA21:30 EST10NW-SERed,white / no soundmoonnosaw it SE of my location, bright reddish-white light, looked like it was falling straight down, leaving a trail of smoke as it fell
12/24/2011 Will OrmondRoanoke Rapids,NC,USAEasternSecRight to LeftBlueishMoonNo but it was over a treeline so maybewas on the way home my wife also pointed it out was very big i have seen plenty of shooting stars and metor showers was 20 times bigger than anything i ever saw but had the same blueish color from ones i have seen maybe a hit a yellow but overall mostly blue
24dec2011LeeRichmond, VA18:20:005 secNorth to northwestWhite with blueMoonNoVery bright and appeared close- my kids were convinced it was Santa
24DEC2011Rich D.Fairfax, VA1815 (approx)I saw about 1 second of the end of it.NE-SWOrange fragmentsI saw something a little dimmer than Venus at end of event.YesSaw tail end of event with orange fragments. From St. Leo Church, it fell seemed to be falling straight down and passed by Venus. My son said he saw a bright streak. I thought I heard a crack and it caught my eye. Saw orange fragments that I initially thought were from fireworks.
24DEC2011Peter MellenBETHESDA, United States of America18:25:004 secN-SWhite/no soundMoonNoneVery bright and very fast
12/24/2011MartinMorgantown, WV, USAApprox. 1800Approx. 7 secondsunknownWhite.Venus.Fragmented at 6 seconds.Very dramatic.
12/24/2011M. TownsendRoanoke, WV18:15 EST10 Sec.North to SouthWhite/Bluish White/Bright GreenBright as moonno fragments seen, large diameter fireballIncredible large fireball starting white and changing to bright green before ducking under the horizon
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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
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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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