The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 21SEP2011

NASA satellite days away from plunging to earth
33 KDAF-TV
"I think we stand a greater chance of getting hit by a meteor or something rather than space junk", said Justin Krieg. The satellite was launched in 2001 to study the earth's ozone and other compounds in the atmosphere. It was decommissioned in 2005. ...


Baptistina Asteroid Not Responsible For Dinosaur Extinction: NASA
International Business Times
In its report, NASA scientists maintained the currently widespread belief that a large meteor crash 65 million ago did cause the dinosaurs' extinction. The report simply casts doubt on a 2007 theory that cited the giant Baptistina asteroid as a ...

Early bird disappearance solved BBC News The meteorite impact that coincided with the disappearance of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, also saw a rapid decline in primitive bird species. Only a few bird groups survived through the mass extinction, from which all modern birds are descended ...

CBS new video shows Southwestern USA "meteor ... 3 min Early today, the CBS News LA aired a compilation of videos recorded by different witnesses across Southwestern USA, who caught ... youtube.com

The Meteorites That Fell To Earth
Discovery News
The Dawn mission should also provide more information on the various minerals that make up Vesta, although here there is a little less mystery, thanks to meteorites -- pieces of Vesta that broke off and fell to Earth -- that have been recovered and ...

Primitive birds and dinosaurs shared the same meteorite fate New Kerala Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:13 AM PDTWashington, Sept 20 : A new study has suggested that archaic birds were virtually wiped out by the same meteorite impact that led to the extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago.

Study Finds 'Clear Evidence' Meteorite Wiped Out Primitive Birds redOrbit Tue, 20 Sep 2011 07:14 AM PDT The same meteorite impact that caused dinosaurs to go extinct 65 million years ago also essentially wiped out ancient birds, a team of paleontologists claim in a new study. The researchers, led by Nicholas Longrich of Yale University, studied collections of approximately two dozen bird fossils of various species from the school's Peabody Museum of Natural History, as well as from the American ...

Meteorite Hunters KSEE 24 Fresno Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:36 AM PDTSpace rocks buried in Midwest soil give valuable information to scientists...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 20SEP2011

Space Satellite UARS Might Hit Earth Friday ABC News Some are visible, such as the meteor spotted over California last week, but most of the debris is so small it's never found. What makes UARS so remarkable is its size and the advance warning from NASA officials that it's coming. ...

Bus-sized satellite to re-enter Earth's atmosphere this week

http://spaceweather.com/
UARS, a NASA satellite the size of a small bus, will re-enter Earth's atmosphere later this week producing a brilliant fireball somewhere over our planet.  Best estimates place the re-entry time during the late hours of Sept. 23rd...


Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Roatan, Honduras Green ...
Location name (town,city) where you were when saw the meteor? Start and Stop location in sky? Direction of movement? Duration of Event (seconds)? ...
lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/.../roatan-honduras-green...


Giant asteroids blamed for killing dinosaurs is innocent, says NASA
Herald Sun
While scientists still believe a large meteor crashed into Earth approximately 65 million years ago, leading to the extinction of the dinosaurs, the widely-held Baptistina theory now appears to have been all but ruled out. Since 2007 it has been widely ...

Study: Ancient impact killed off birds too UPI Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:47 PM PDT NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Prehistoric birds went extinct the same way dinosaurs did, U.S. researchers say, victims of the same meteorite impact 65 million years ago. Fossils show meteorite crash wiped out ancient bird species with the dinosaurs Daily Mirror Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:23 PM PDT ANCIENT birds were wiped out with the ­dinosaurs when a meteorite hit the Earth 65 million years ago, new evidence reveals. Primitive birds shared dinosaurs' fate Science Daily Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:16 PM PDT A new study puts an end to the longstanding debate about how archaic birds went extinct, suggesting they were virtually wiped out by the same meteorite impact that put an end to dinosaurs 65 million years ago.

California Meteor Fireball 7:00 p.m. PDT, 19SEP2011

Pasadena, CA Meteor Fireball 7:00 p.m. PDT, 19SEP2011

This evening at approx. 7 p.m. I witnessed a fireball with a trail in the North, Northeaster sky directly above the San Gabriel Mountains. The event lasted approx. 5-10 seconds.
I hope this is of help. Sincerely, -Juan Samartin  Thank you Juan!

Anaheim Hills, CA at 7:15 PM
Viewed 9/19/11 in Anaheim Hills, CA at 7:15 PM I walked outside for some fresh air and looked up in the sky next thing you know I seen the brightest ball of light in the sky with a pronounced tail. I thought it was a shooting star but it was much brighter than anything I've ever seen. It lasted about 5-7 seconds it went from east to west. It was amazing!
Thank you! -Elizabeth Thank you Elizabeth!

Photo taken of Meteor? at ~7:15 pm
(c) 2011 Fannie

San Ramon, Ca
I saw this around 7:15 pm September 19, 2011 from San Ramon, Ca as I was walking to my car. It was travelling in a SW direction. It was bright orange and had a very long tail. I took this picture with my Blackberry Torch.. Blessings, -Fannie  Thank you Fannie!  Great job in taking a photograph!


We need your sighting reports:
Date and Time of event? Location name (town,city) where you were when saw the meteor? Start and Stop location in sky? Direction of movement? Duration of Event (seconds)? Brightness ( in comparison with Venus, Moon, Sun) color, sounds? Photos? Videos? please email LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com Your reports make it possible for all to check what they saw as well. Thank you! 2011 Year of Meteors!

Margate, southern Tasmania Daytime Meteor Fireball 19SEP2011

FIREBALL REPORT... Location Here:[ margate, southern Tasmania] Time Here:[7:45am ] Date Here[19.9.11 ]
I thought it might be a flare, however there was not a red or orange colour or any smoke. What I did see was a very bright green white light in the north north eastern sky, it appeared very close to the earth and in broad daylight at 745am. It was traveling generally in a west to east direction. There was a white tail of light with blues as well. It lasted a few seconds before, i guess, dissipating. There was no noise associated with it's appearance however there was a dull thump soon after it appeared, just before it went.
Most amazing, if it was a bright fireball in the daytime I feel very lucky! -Jen.  Thank you Jen!
We need your sighting reports!
Date and Time of event? Location name (town,city) where you were when saw the meteor? Start and Stop location in sky? Direction of movement? Duration of Event (seconds)? Brightness ( in comparison with Venus, Moon, Sun) color, sounds? Photos? Videos? please email LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com Your reports make it possible for all to check what they saw as well. Thank you! 2011 Year of Meteors!

Meteor/Meteorite News 19SEP2011

39-pound Meteorite Unearthed in Kansas First Coast News As owner of the Kansas Meteorite Museum, he's searching a six-mile stretch of Kiowa County known for "Brenham Meteorites," named for the little town of Brenham once located here, the site of a huge meteor explosion. "The idea is this all came in at one...

Man makes meteorites his life's work
Arizona Republic
He got out of the truck, walked to the roadside and saw a smooth, black chunk of rock off the pavement - an unmistakable piece of a meteorite. His wife spotted another piece, and a few hours later his son-in-law found a third. ...


'Dinosaur-killing asteroid wiped out ancient birds'
Hindustan Times
PTI The catastrophic meteor strike that killed dinosaurs on Earth some 65 million years ago may also have wiped out ancient birds, scientists say. Paleontologists who examined fossils of ancient birds found that many of the archaic birds died off at ...

Invaders from Vesta! Discover Magazine (blog) In the last paragraph of the Vesta post, I said we have samples of Vesta that fell asmeteorites. As it happens, they had a sample of one of those rocks at the show! Here it is: Other such meteorites have been found on Earth as well, and are generally ...

Greenland rocks unlock golden shower secrets IceNews The researchers from the University of Bristol in the UK say their experiments with material from Isua, southwest Greenland, provide evidence of a meteor bombardment some 3.9 billion years ago which laced the planet's crust with tons of dead-star ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 18SEP2011

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 18SEP2011


Satellite Re-entry, Hercolubus, Elenin,Draconid meteor shower, the ...
UARS Satellite Re-entry Crash to Earth and Hercolubus and Comet Elenin and 2011 Draconidmeteor shower , this video is a year old and talks about the ...
www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1642570/pg1


Meteor Activity Outlook for September 17-23, 2011 « The Transient ...
By Carl Hergenrother
The following is a slightly edited version of Bob Lunsford's excellent weekly summary of meteoractivity. The original version can be found at the American Meteor Society's site. September offers longer nights in the northern hemisphere that ...
The Transient Sky - Comets, Asteroids...

UFO Flashes Across Western Skies Video 30 sec weekend good morning america juju chang kate snow marysol castro meteor meteor flash online news robin roberts ron claiborne ... abcnews.go.com

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 17SEP2011

Meteor Activity Outlook for September 17-23, 2011 | International ...
This weekend the waning gibbous moon will interfere with meteor observing during the morning hours. Skies will be dark during the early evening hours until ...
www.imo.net/node/1391


Bright Green Fireball Amazes Skywatchers in Southwest US ...
A bright, green-colored fireball that streaked across the night sky over the southwestern United States yesterday (Sept. 14) was most likely a meteor, according to ...
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../bright-green-fireball-amazes-skywatc...


Fireball Streaked Across Southwest United States | Video | TheBlaze ...
What was that? Michael Kahnke (@mlkahnke) wrote "It was large, slow-moving and parts were breaking off." "That" occurred last night around 7 p.m. Pacific ...
www.theblaze.com/.../what-was-the-fireball-seen-in-the-south...


Meteor Likely Cause of Southwest U.S. Light Show NASA Jet ...
A meteor is the most probable cause of a bright, colorful fireball witnessed by people in a wide swath of the southwestern United States.
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-291


Bright orb of light across sky turns out to be fireball
The Desert Sun
“But it's almost certain that the object was a fireball the size of a basketball or baseball .” Believed to be an asteroid fragment that strayed into Earth's atmosphere about 7:45 pm Wednesday, it lit up not only the sky but dispatchers' switchboards ...

Unearthly sounds of Earth perplexing scientists DigitalJournal.com Another natural suggestion were meteor shower sounds captured in space. Some scientists have theorized a massive meteor caused, or partly caused, the global Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction 65.5 million years ago. Now other scientists are discovering ...

Meteor's Fireball Blazes Across Southern California Sky, Freaks People Out
LA Weekly (blog)
In other words it was a piece of meteor that broke off and burned up upon entering earth's atmosphere. Maybe. Some people freaked out and called 911. It was seen from here to Arizona about 7:30 last night. But there's nothing to worry about. ...

Mysterious Light in Southwestern Sky Probably Piece of Asteroid, Expert Says International Business Times Experts said a fireball - or very bright meteor - was likely to blame when residents from Phoenix to Las Vegas to Southern California' coastal area reported that they saw the light move quickly from west to east at around 7:45 pm PT, about 10:45 pm ET. ...

Meteorite Hunt Begins After Thousands Witness Southwestern US Fireball iWeather Online By Mark Dunphy - Fri Sep 16, 7:34 pm A meteor is the most probable cause of a bright, colourful fireball witnessed by thousands of people in a wide swath of the southwestern United States on Wednesday night, according to NASA. ...

The hunt for rocks from space BBC News They believe tiny pieces of the meteor - meteorites - could have survived the fall to Earth, and they have begun gathering data to aid the search. The fireball flew eastward over southern California, was observed in Nevada and Arizona, ...

Mysterious Southwestern Lights Spurs UFO Talk
Huffington Post
Whatever it was that streaked from west to east through the sky Wednesday night over several southwest states still has people wondering if it was a meteor, fireball, space debris or, you guessed it, a UFO. Keep in mind that UFO means Unidentified ...


Meteor Likely Cause of Southwest US Light Show
Science Daily (press release)
15, 2011) — A meteor is the most probable cause of a bright, colorful fireball witnessed by people in a wide swath of the southwestern United States, according to Don Yeomans, manager of NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office at JPL. ...


Major Fireball Event Seen From Southern California, Arizona and ...
Here's a map of the fireball witness reports. The green lines represent where the witness first saw the fireball, the yellow line is where the fireball was last sighted ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../major-fireball-event-seen-from-south...

Fireball seen in southwest states likely falling meteor abc7.com "Based on the reports we heard, a bright meteor was seen over much of the western, southwestern part of the country, California, maybe a little of Arizona and Nevada, maybe more," said Dr. Ed Krupp, director of Griffith Observatory. ...

Rare fireball rips through the night sky in California but dont ...
When a streak of fire blazed through the air above southern California, people could have been forgiven for thinking the Earth was under attack.
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Rare-fireball-rips-night-sky-California...

MAY Have Been Meteor Or Piece Of Asteroid 2 min September 15, 2011 CNN MOXNews.com youtube.com