Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite New 20MAY2011

Meteorite may have landed along Kootenay Lake Nelson Star Wed, 18 May 2011 08:42 AM PDT A meteorite that flew over the Kootenays on Saturday morning was seen in Nelson and caught on video by a camera on the roof of the College of the Rockies in Cranbrook. Huge meteorite crosses Cranbrook sky Cranbrook Daily Townsman A meteor that looked as big as the moon swooped over Cranbrook early on Saturday morning. This photo shows the view through the College of the Rockies meteor camera. The image is taken through a fish-eye lens with the horizon shown as a rim around the ... Meteorites fell between Creston and Yahk Cranbrook Daily Townsman Meteor hunters, take note: we have learnt more about the possible location of meteor fragments. A massive meteor flew over Cranbrook early on Saturday morning, briefly turning night to day and making houses shudder in Cranbrook. ... COTR camera catches meteor passing over Cranbrook Kimberley Daily Bulletin The fireball forms a tail as it passes over Cranbrook. The dark night sky of Cranbrook was lit up like daylight early Saturday morning, May 14, at 2:17 am when a huge meteor rocketed overhead. Appearing as a dim dot at first, likely 100 km high to the ... Meteor that lit up Kootenay sky may have landed east of Nelson The Nelson Daily by Contributor on 17 May 2011 A meteor that has caused a stir in the Kootenay region and into the US could have landed in the area of Kootenay Lake, east of Nelson. The Cranbrook Daily Townsman reported the meteor was caught Saturday morning caught by ... Forget meteorite hunting, head to the Ice rally Cranbrook Daily Townsman Even so, those of us who witnessed the great meteor streaking across the sky Friday night could be forgiven for crying out "What does it mean?" Meteors, of course, are not comets - those famous harbingers of impending happenings of great import. ... ------------------------------------ Mysterious hole appears in ground in Bernards The Star-Ledger - NJ.com "When you see meteor showers in the upper atmosphere, they're traveling 50 miles a second," he said. "Even if it's slowing down through the atmosphere, you're still going to have a sonic boom. And it would have left something behind, it wouldn't have ... NJ town puzzled over mystery hole in ground Albany Times Union For now, it appears the small crater that splayed debris across a 100-foot area wasn't caused by a meteorite. Beyond that, it's a mystery. "It's just really, really weird," said Jerry Vinski, director of nearby Raritan Valley Community College's ... Hole in ground leads to speculation in northern NJ town The Republic There's speculation it was caused by a meteorite. Bernards Township Police Capt. Edward Byrnes says whatever hit the front yard in the Basking Ridge section left a small crater about 18 inches deep and roughly the size of a coffee table. ... Was it a meteorite that hit Basking Ridge property? The Bernardsville News Thu, 12 May 2011 17:06 PM PDT BERNARDS TWP.  Was property damage at a Basking Ridge home last Friday, May 6, actually caused by a meteorite? UFO Or Meteor Crash New Jersey 2011 2 min Are they here? It's a question asked in jest now that some people are wondering whether a strange visitor from another planet ... youtube.com ----------------------------------------------------- Close encounter: NASA say earth shattering boom prompting hundreds of 911 calls was just a meteorite Daily Mail Fri, 13 May 2011 17:50 PM PDT According to NASA scientists, the earth shattering explosion was nothing more than a meteorite exploding as it entered the earth's atmosphere. Meteor over Virginia?, page 1 Today, a NASA scientist explained that it might have been a meteor. The area is home to several military bases, so residents are accustomed to loud sounds. ... www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread703576/pg1 Mysterious explosion heard in Virginia probably caused by meteor, says NASA allvoices However, a scientist from NASA elucidated that it might have been a meteor. It is noteworthy that the region provides home to military bases and people living in the surrounding are familiar to loud noises. However, the explosion heard on Tuesday was ... Bizarre News -- Police Car Ad Space ABC12.com And a NASA scientist says it could have been a meteor. People in the Virginia Beach and Norfolk, Virginia, areas report hearing a loud boom the other night. Pam Trotter of Virginia Beach tells WAVY-TV it almost felt like an earthquake. ... Mystery Boom in Virginia Likely a Meteor Yahoo News Tuesday evening, residents across Virginia Beach, Norfolk and Suffolk, Va., dialed 911 to report what sounded what a large explosion. news.yahoo.com/s/.../sc.../mysteryboominvirginialikelyameteo... NASA scientist: Va. mystery boom may be meteor NASA scientist Joe Zawodny tells WAVY-TV that the boom is most consistent with a meteorentering the Earth's atmosphere. He says the boom could be associated with a meteor shower that peaked last week. Zawodny says an object as small as ... Strange | WISH TV - http://www.wishtv.com/subindex/news/strange -------------------------------- Space "Egg," Meteorite Yield All-New Minerals National Geographic The new mineral krotite was found in a tiny part of a meteorite resembling a cracked egg (pictured). Two new minerals that formed during the birth of our solar system have been found inside meteorites, new research shows. The new discoveries—krotite ... The Spacerock Saga PhysicsCentral.com (blog) [The Meteor Crater, as seen from about 35000 feet.] You are a meteor, made of nickel and iron. Once you were a part of the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, but a collision half a billion years ago set you free, ejecting you into the solar system... Somewhere in the Bald Hills is a meteor waiting to be found Record-Searchlight (blog) In 1876 a giant meteor fell in the Bald Hills at the head of Roaring River in Duncan Basin. It fell with a thud so loud it was heard all the way to Shasta, Bass, Stillwater, and Woodman's. Not only did people hear it, many people also claimed to have ... .. Welsh beach could reveal why dinosaur mass extinction happened 200m years ago Daily Mail Scientists believe it is most likely that a meteor strike hit the earth killing off many dinosaurs before volcanic ash finished them off. Professor Paul Olsen, a paleontologist from Columbia University, New York, told The Times: 'We've come here ... Stunning Video: Comet Collides With the Sun Fox News The video, captured by NASA's Solar & Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), appears to show a fireball jet out following the collision. That's not quite what happened, NASA explained. Instead, a coronal mass ejection coincidentally blasted out to the right ... Rich Russians Buy Bunkers on Apocalypse Angst Bloomberg The Vivos Group, a California-based bunker builder with a website that features a meteor striking Earth, said requests for a shelter in one of its facilities jumped by 10 times since the disaster, which left about 25000 people dead or missing. ... Gardener nearly hit by meteor from Halley's Comet tail Daily Mirror Fri, 13 May 2011 16:23 PM PDT A GARDENER was almost hit by a meteorite that is thought to have come from Halleyâs Cometâs tail.

Wisconsin Meteor Bolide 17MAY2011

Wisconsin Meteor Bolide  2:39 AM CDT 17MAY2011

North Wisconsin Meteor May 17, 2011 @ 2:39 AM CDT
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North Wisconsin Meteor May 17, 2011 @ 2:39 AM CDT
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Manitoba Ontario Meteor 15MAY2011

Manitoba / Kenora, Ontario 15MAY2011

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Lac Du Bonnet, Manitoba Meteor blue/green meteor with a long tail 10:10 pm 15MAY2011
Just saw a blue/green meteor with a long tail around 10:10p, in the south sky of Lac Du Bonnet Manitoba. It disappeared after 10 seconds of looking at it.
-Jean-Paul David-James Desautels


Kenora, Ont. Canada ~10:00 pm 15MAY2011
Lisa N' Buster Baker: 10 pm May 15, I saw a firey orange object in the sky very fast, with orange burning tail, heading west over Kenora, Ont. Canada arcing downward and then gone. It seemed close. Definitely seemed like a comet or meteor.

Cold Lake, Alberta firey object between 10 and 11 pm GMT 15MAY2011
Saw a firey object between 10 and 11 pm GMT on May 15 2011 Near Cold Lake, Alberta. appeared to be close. -Anon.

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Arizona Two Meteors 14MAY2011

Tucson, Arizona large meteor 3 to 4 large green flashes ~23:45 14MAY2011
Tucson, Arizona, 14 May 2011 at approx 2345. Single large meteor sighter breaking up seen. Seen in comming from South to North low in the Eastern sky. Seen low in the Eastern sky traveling in a Northern downwards trajectory. Three green flashes seen prior to final large flash. No sound heard from my position at 32.239689,-110.975315 Marked by 3 to 4 large green flashes as it broke up during entry - Robert L.


Mesa Arizona Fireball/Meteor ~8:15 pm 14MAY2011
Guest721 (guest):Rappo: Fireball/Meteor? approx.8:15 PM, Mesa Arizona, North East Sky. Duration, about 4-5 seconds.
Tucson,Az 14 May 2011 time approx 2345 local.


Tempe, Arizona Bright Orange meteor/fireball 8:00 pm 14MAY2011
Jamie (guest): Last night, my husband and I both saw what looked like a meteor/fireball. It was bright orange with a long tail. We were in Tempe, Arizona and it occurred at almost exactly 8pm local time.

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Louisiana large blue /green meteor with several long tails fragmenting ~9:15 pm May 14, 2011

Plaquemine, Louisiana large blue /green meteor several long tails fragmenting ~9:15 pm May 14, 2011
Guest997 (guest): At approx. 9:15 pm May 14, 2011 saw a large blue /green meteor with several long tails fragmenting traveling south to north in eastern sky over southern Louisiana! -Jude


Baton Rouge, LA
Guest164 (guest):Looking towards the east from my location 15 miles south of Baton Rouge, Louisiana at approximately 9:15pm May 14, 2011 witnessed what appeared to be a blue/green meteor with a number of long tails apparently falling through the atmosphere traveling in a northerly direction. Duration of visibility was approximately 5 seconds or so.

Cocodrie, LA ~9:30 pm

Cocodrie, LA - around 930 pm on may 14, 2011 a bright orange ball of fire with a nice tail flew right above our camp. It appeared to be approximately 100 feet away. We never did see it land but it did have an arch to it as though it fell not far from us. It was the size of a soccer ball.

-amber

Cocodrie, LA ~9:30 pm

Guest89 (guest):Cocodrie, LA -around 9:30 pm we saw an orange fireball in the air. It appeared to be about 100 ft away from our camp. Approximately the size of a soccer ball. This was in cocodrie, la -may 14, 2011 around 930 Cocodrie, La- may 14, 2011 around 9 pm - saw a huge meteorite that lasted about 7 seconds and appeared to be 100 feet away from our camp. It was orange in color with a good sized tail that followed.

southern Louisiana
Guest997 (guest): At approx. 9:15 pm May 14, 2011 saw a large blue /green meteor with several long tails fragmenting traveling south to north in eastern sky over southern Louisiana!

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Florida "green and blueish light the size of the moon" fall 10:30 pm 14MAY2011

Windermere, Florida "green and blueish light the size of the moon" fall 10:30 pm 14MAY2011
Guest694 (guest):Hello my name is JLo I saw a green and blueish light the size of the moon fall to earth near Windermere, Florida.It was at 10:30pm I was on my balcony staring up at the stars when this occurred. It lasted 2 or 3 seconds. It was an awesome site it traveled the whole length of the sky from my view. It started at the top of the sky and landimg I believe near the NASA Space center in Orlando, Florida. -JLo


Guest443 (guest):Walked outside at 10:34pm saw a green fireball flash arc to earth. Looked like it might have landed close to Orlando Fl. -Chip U.


Pensacola, Fl meteor 9:15 pm 14MAY2011
I think I saw a meteor 5-14-2011 at 9:15pm Central Standard Time. I was in Pensacola, Fl facing West when I saw it fall from the sky. I can't find any reports about it, so I can't confirm. Have you had any other reports of this possible meteor?
Thanks, Jason

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Daphne, Alabama Meteor Fireball 14MAY2011

Daphne, Alabama Ball of Orange Fire Meteor ~9:00 pm 14MAY2011
Guest906 (guest):Daphne, Alabama aproximately 9pm saw what looked like a ball of orange fire falling from sky with 2 or 3 tails trailing off it. Amazing!
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Algeria Large Meteor 10MAY2011

Algiers, Algeria large meteor 10:00 pm
I saw it too. May, 10th 2011. At about 10;00 a.m in ALgeria ( North Africa ). I was driving on the highway.

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