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Meteor Event 1 (Florida - Daytime):
Milton, Florida Meteor ~7:30 EDT 25SEP2011
I was driving east on hwy 90 in milton florida around 7:30 pm 9/25/11 when a bright green light came shooting across the sky. It started at the clouds and shot down to the ground. It almost looked like a green shooting star
-Matthew Brown Thank you Matthew!
Meteor Event 2 (Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas - Daytime):
Baton Rouge, Louisiana Meteor USA 7:21 CDT PM Sept 25, 2011
It was bright red-orange, with a little blue and gold. It lasted two or three long seconds, traveling westward, it was bright as fireworks in the early evening sky I guess you can say, and before it shot out of view, sparks, or pieces seemed to break from it, as though breaking apart. It almost seemed mechanical because of the color. Thanks!-JoAnn Thank you JoAnn!
Huntsville, Texas Daylight Meteor 7:20 pm CDT 25SEP2011
We driving on interstate 45 headed south and in the southeast sky the was a large bright falling object. It was still daylight and the object seemed to move slowly before it disappeared. -Frank I.
Thank you Frank!
Baton Rouge, LA Green Meteor 7:20 pm CDT
In back yard and saw meteor for a few seconds. White with tail and green leading edge. Looked fairly close. -Ken Armstrong Thank you Ken!
Pass Christian, Mississippi blue/green and also some red fireball 7:20 P.M. (CST)
We live on the beach, on HWY 90 in Pass Christian MS. and at 7:20 P.M. (CST), we saw a flaming object falling towards the west. It was blue/green and also some red. It certainly seemed more metallic to me as the flame behind was "organized" in that it was a rather "structured burn" instead of other meteors I have seen. Very bright and extremely easy to see. It was visible for at least 3 seconds, and it appeared that it may have "impacted". -Richard Stange
Thank you Frank!
Baton Rouge, LA Green Meteor 7:20 pm CDT
In back yard and saw meteor for a few seconds. White with tail and green leading edge. Looked fairly close. -Ken Armstrong Thank you Ken!
Pass Christian, Mississippi blue/green and also some red fireball 7:20 P.M. (CST)
We live on the beach, on HWY 90 in Pass Christian MS. and at 7:20 P.M. (CST), we saw a flaming object falling towards the west. It was blue/green and also some red. It certainly seemed more metallic to me as the flame behind was "organized" in that it was a rather "structured burn" instead of other meteors I have seen. Very bright and extremely easy to see. It was visible for at least 3 seconds, and it appeared that it may have "impacted". -Richard Stange
Thank you Richard!
Missouri City, Texas Bolide 13 seconds 7:19 pm 25SEP2011
I was in Missouri City, Texas which is Southwest Houston. It was 7:19pm on Sept. 25, 2011.
The meteor started as a point just less than 15 degrees off the horizon when I was looking East South East. There were no clouds present, but a nice sunset...Venus Belt in the East that the bolide crossed through. I thought it was a bright plane at first, but quickly realized it was moving too fast and had a slight tail to it. It was in the sky for about 13 seconds total heading towards the horizon at roughly a 45 degree angle. It was brighter than Venus and about two times as large. The last few seconds it was in the sky it broke apart into smaller pieces...I'm guessing about 4 or 5. I didn't notice any particular color against the Venus Belt sky, except when it broke apart. The smaller trailing pieces turned red/orange Awesome show!!!!. -Christie B Thank you Christie!
The meteor started as a point just less than 15 degrees off the horizon when I was looking East South East. There were no clouds present, but a nice sunset...Venus Belt in the East that the bolide crossed through. I thought it was a bright plane at first, but quickly realized it was moving too fast and had a slight tail to it. It was in the sky for about 13 seconds total heading towards the horizon at roughly a 45 degree angle. It was brighter than Venus and about two times as large. The last few seconds it was in the sky it broke apart into smaller pieces...I'm guessing about 4 or 5. I didn't notice any particular color against the Venus Belt sky, except when it broke apart. The smaller trailing pieces turned red/orange Awesome show!!!!. -Christie B Thank you Christie!
Scott, Louisiana
I was sitting on my patio facing South. I saw a bright green light with a red tail that was falling southwest. It was around 7:20 PM. No one has a explanation. -Chris Thank you Chris!
New Orleans, Louisiana
We were walking tonight in New Orleans Garden District (with our backs to the French quarter) and we saw a huge fireball falling from the sky (left to right). Another patron at the coffee shop and a police officer saw it too. It's a mystery and we are left wondering what it was and found nothing online thus far. -Kerry Orlyk Thank you Kerry!
LaPorte, Texas
@ 19:20 I saw a reddish orange fireball moving roughly north east. Sun had not set yet, yet it was easily visible. I would say it travelled about 60 degrees above the SW horizon to within 20 degrees of the north east horizon where it disappeared. Brightest meteor I have ever seen.
Shalom b'Yeshua haMoshiach! +Mar Michael Abportus Thank you Mar Michael!
New Orleans, Louisiana
We were walking tonight in New Orleans Garden District (with our backs to the French quarter) and we saw a huge fireball falling from the sky (left to right). Another patron at the coffee shop and a police officer saw it too. It's a mystery and we are left wondering what it was and found nothing online thus far. -Kerry Orlyk Thank you Kerry!
LaPorte, Texas
@ 19:20 I saw a reddish orange fireball moving roughly north east. Sun had not set yet, yet it was easily visible. I would say it travelled about 60 degrees above the SW horizon to within 20 degrees of the north east horizon where it disappeared. Brightest meteor I have ever seen.
Shalom b'Yeshua haMoshiach! +Mar Michael Abportus Thank you Mar Michael!
New Orleans, LA
At 7:21, While on break at work, I was sitting outside just kind of gazing in the sky when I saw a big bright blue green flaming meteor slowly descend from the atmosphere. As it slowly came downward it changed hues and all the sudden it burst into blazing orange flames then broke apart into like 4 or 5 smaller bits then faded out. It lasted several seconds. Was this part of the NASA satellite? I have never seen a meteor that was this brilliant. -Robert Thank you Robert!
Katy, Texas Meteor ~7:15
Driving east on Clay Road, saw a bright blue object falling diagonally
towards the east. It was moving slower than I had seen other falling
stars and was brilliantly blue. It was around dusk. - Alx Thank you Alx!
I was driving in Mid-City at around 7:20 p.m. and saw a large orange fireball in the sky. It was traveling left to right and was very bright. -Brittany Thank you Brittany!
Arcola, Tx
I am a flight instructor and we were landing on runway 09 (facing East) at Arcola, Tx airport (indentifier KAXH) at 7:21pm CDT, Sept. 25, 2011 when we saw a very bright light appear from the Southeast. It was low on the horizon and moving Northward. It was so bright we thought it was a flare, or maybe space junk that was burning up. Very bright, with a trail, then faded out. Not sure of the colors. It's trajectory had a slight arc to it. -Valerie Thank you Valerie!
Houma, Louisiana
Last night @ approximately 7:25-7:30ish 9/25/11 in Des Allemands, Louisiana heading toward Houma, it wasn't quite dark yet we witnessed a huge fireball in the sky. It lasted a good 10-15 seconds before it appeared to burn out. It was moving slowly. We weren't sure of what it was but were all so amazed. My 8 & 19 year old children got to see it too. I found you website a.d it seems as though we weren't the only ones. What was that thing??
Thank you for your help, Christa Falgout Thank you Christa!
LaPlace, Louisiana
Around 6:30 PM headed home from Metarie as we exited I-10 in LaPlace, Louisiana, for about 3-5 seconds we saw lights off in a South Southeast direction. The lights were a yellowish to white color, no spectacular firework colors. There were 3-4 lights in a horizontal position then suddenly the lights appeared to be in an almost vertical alignment. Then all the lights went out. We thought it was a plane crash with a nearby airport Northeast of where we saw the lights. But there were no such reports. I investigated with my FB friends and was directed to this site.
Beth Bourgeois Thank you Beth!
Baton Rouge, LA
We were traveling south on Staring Lane , at intersection of Highland Road , Baton Rouge , 7:20ish pm on 9/25. It was bright green and white lasting for about 5 seconds from when we noticed it. Kate Landry/ Kirk Landry Thank you Kate and Kirk!
Baton Rouge, LA
I was on millerville heading towards the interstate from harrels ferry rd, and saw an object going westward. it was very bright and had a long green tail. as it finally broke up and died off i swear i could see a silhouette falling agianst the sunset. this happened at around 7:19 pm. i figure it was remnants of the satellite? Answer- NO. -Graham Black Thank you Graham!
Paulina, Louisiana
My husband and I were on our way home from church around 7:20pm yesterday, and we took the river rd being on our motorcycles, as we passed the funeral home, a bright something caught our attention, it was very clear, very bright, like a huge and long lasting firework. It was a bright white ball about the size of a beach ball at first, with orange and red in the center and blue/greenish and some silver throughout it. It visibly shrank in size as it came down from the west side of the Mississippi river, until right before hitting the levee, when it just disintegrated into nothing. Amazing to see...disappointed that i was on nu motorcycle and couldnt take some pics! But we had a nice fairly long view, aad saw great detail! Where it was was actually in Paulina, louisiana...on the river rd. Sunday September 25, 2011...7:20p.m...thanks, amyo:) Thank you amyo=)!
Houma, Louisiana
Last night @ approximately 7:25-7:30ish 9/25/11 in Des Allemands, Louisiana heading toward Houma, it wasn't quite dark yet we witnessed a huge fireball in the sky. It lasted a good 10-15 seconds before it appeared to burn out. It was moving slowly. We weren't sure of what it was but were all so amazed. My 8 & 19 year old children got to see it too. I found you website a.d it seems as though we weren't the only ones. What was that thing??
Thank you for your help, Christa Falgout Thank you Christa!
LaPlace, Louisiana
Around 6:30 PM headed home from Metarie as we exited I-10 in LaPlace, Louisiana, for about 3-5 seconds we saw lights off in a South Southeast direction. The lights were a yellowish to white color, no spectacular firework colors. There were 3-4 lights in a horizontal position then suddenly the lights appeared to be in an almost vertical alignment. Then all the lights went out. We thought it was a plane crash with a nearby airport Northeast of where we saw the lights. But there were no such reports. I investigated with my FB friends and was directed to this site.
Beth Bourgeois Thank you Beth!
We were traveling south on Staring Lane , at intersection of Highland Road , Baton Rouge , 7:20ish pm on 9/25. It was bright green and white lasting for about 5 seconds from when we noticed it. Kate Landry/ Kirk Landry Thank you Kate and Kirk!
Baton Rouge, LA
I was on millerville heading towards the interstate from harrels ferry rd, and saw an object going westward. it was very bright and had a long green tail. as it finally broke up and died off i swear i could see a silhouette falling agianst the sunset. this happened at around 7:19 pm. i figure it was remnants of the satellite? Answer- NO. -Graham Black Thank you Graham!
Paulina, Louisiana
My husband and I were on our way home from church around 7:20pm yesterday, and we took the river rd being on our motorcycles, as we passed the funeral home, a bright something caught our attention, it was very clear, very bright, like a huge and long lasting firework. It was a bright white ball about the size of a beach ball at first, with orange and red in the center and blue/greenish and some silver throughout it. It visibly shrank in size as it came down from the west side of the Mississippi river, until right before hitting the levee, when it just disintegrated into nothing. Amazing to see...disappointed that i was on nu motorcycle and couldnt take some pics! But we had a nice fairly long view, aad saw great detail! Where it was was actually in Paulina, louisiana...on the river rd. Sunday September 25, 2011...7:20p.m...thanks, amyo:) Thank you amyo=)!
Mississippi/Alabama State line heading to New Orleans on Interstate 10
I was driving across the Mississippi/Alabama State line heading to New Orleans on Interstate 10 at 7:20/21pm Central Time when I saw a green glowing meteor falling across the sky. It lasted aprox 5-7 seconds... Enough time for me to think about getting my phone out for a picture before remembering my iphone was broken and my digital camera was in the backseat out of reach. Has anyone checked with the New Orleans/Mobile tv news stations regarding their sky cameras? It was fairly low in the horizon where I was so it would likely show up on a camera aimed at the west. - Stephen Thank you Stephen!Meteor Event 3 (Oklahoma, Missouri):
Cleveland, Oklahoma Large Green Streak shortly after 8:00 pm CDT 25SEP2011
Shortly after 8pm cst 9/25/11 large bright green streak seen from Cleveland, Oklahoma.
- Amanda K Thank you Amanda!
Cleveland, Oklahoma Large Green Streak shortly after 8:00 pm CDT 25SEP2011
Shortly after 8pm cst 9/25/11 large bright green streak seen from Cleveland, Oklahoma.
- Amanda K Thank you Amanda!
Missouri meteor ~8:20 pm CDT 25SEP2011
We are in Missouri & we saw saw what appeared to be a meteor falling from the sky at around 8:20 p.m. Thanks, Loretta Thank you Loretta!Mississippi 39475 ~8:15 Central Time
I`m in mississippi 39475 an from here looking west there was something huge white/blue edges falling thru the sky at about 8.15 central time,,this lit the sky up a good 3-4 secs,,has anyone else reported this,,or what is really was? -Torie Thank you Torie!
West Plains, MO, sometime between 8:15-8:20pm.
Saw through a window facing south, the object moving from east to west.
It was a bright blue-green, almost like a flare. Much bigger than stars,
etc., and looked like a ball instead of the streak that a meteor usually
makes. I did not see a tail, but rather it seemed perfectly round.
Moved slower than a flare or meteor (shooting star) usually does.
Slow enough for me to notice, stand up and move closer to the window, before
it appeared to burn out. It looked like it just "turned off" but turning orange and smaller right
before it disappeared. -Sherry Thank you Sherry!
I-30 in Arkansas between Arkadelphia and Malvern between 8-9p.m. on 9/25/2011
Driving east on I-30 in Arkansas between Arkadelphia and Malvern between 8-9p.m. on 9/25/2011 and witnessed a bright green fireball with a tail shoot across the sky north of the interstate. It was falling toward the West and lasted about 5 seconds. It looked to be very large in size. Weird color, was almost slime green. -Matt Huskey Thank you Matt!
New Bloomfield, Mo
Last night at 2030 in the SW sky seen a large green meteor streaking across the sky. We are located in New Bloomfield Mo. -Rick Thank you Rick!
Bakersfield, Missouri
At about 8:20(cst) Sunday September 25, 2011 we saw a bright white meteor with a green tail streak from northeast to southwest in the Bakersfield, Missouri area. Duration was probably 2-3 seconds and it got very bright and lost its tail as it ended. If a star is a "pencil dot", this was "pencil eraser" sized. -Mike S. Thank you Mike!
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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 The Year of Meteors!
