The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 18NOV2011

Behind the Clouds, Leonids Meteor Shower Will Dazzle
Patch.com
The Leonids meteor shower is expected to peak a few hours before dawn on Nov. 18. By Elizabeth Jeffery A Perseid fireball photographed in 1997 by Rick Scott and Joe Orman. Courtesy of NASA Elizabeth Jeffery, Ph.D., is an astronomer and former ...


Leonid meteor shower due tonight
Your Houston News
The annual Leonid meteor shower will take place tonight beginning at around 11 pm and continuing until the early hours of Thursday morning, but a bright third quarter moon may make viewing more difficult than usual. According to NASA's website, ...


Scientists: Mild show of Leonids peak tonight with 10 to 20 per hour visible
Examiner.com
The Leonids meteor shower will brighten the night sky across the Capital Region of upstate New York and much of the United States tonight. For those interested in braving the cold nights of November, the Leonids meteor shower will be best visible high ...


California Bright Fireball ... - Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
Corona, CA Bright Fireball 03:00 am PST 14NOV2011 ... Very bright white fireball with blue green tint viewed from overhead, possibly from the West, falling ...
lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/.../corona-california-brigh...


PM Update: Coldest night of fall coming; sun-filled Friday
Washington Post (blog)
Leonid meteor shower: If you care to brave the cold, clear skies tonight will allow for viewing of Leonid meteor shower's peak. EarthSky notes the shower should “pick up steam” around midnight, when the constellation Leo rises over the eastern horizon. ...

Leonid Meteor Shower 2011: Shooting Stars After Midnight ABC News Every year at this time, the Leonid meteor shower brightens the sky in the hours after midnight. If the weather is clear and you have an appetite, you may enjoy a quiet display of shooting stars. We're passing through the debris left by a comet called ... Massive volcanoes, meteorite impacts delivered one-two death punch to dinosaurs Princeton University by Morgan Kelly A cosmic one-two punch of colossal volcanic eruptions and meteoritestrikes likely caused the mass-extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous period that is famous for killing the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, according to two ... Moon threatens to outshine the big Leonid meteor show msnbc.com By Denise Chow The Leonid meteor shower peaks Thursday night, but bright moonlight is threatening to wash out this year's light display. The annual Leonidmeteor shower is expected to reach peak activity tonight at about 10:40 pm EST, but a luminous ... Students anticipate November meteor showers - The Round Up ... The Leonid meteor shower is coming up and some New Mexico State University students are excited about witnessing the spectacle. roundupdaily.com/.../article_75a051a0-0b4b-11e1-a37f-001a... Massive volcanoes, meteorite impacts delivered one-two death punch to ... PhysOrg.com Credit: Courtesy of Gerta Keller (PhysOrg.com) -- A cosmic one-two punch of colossal volcanic eruptions and meteorite strikes likely caused the mass-extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous period that is famous for killing the dinosaurs 65 ...

Meteorite Fever Grips Wisconsin Town Livingston, Wis., has a serious case of meteorite fever. Ever since a fireball was seen in the ... thedenverchannel.com

Dryden, Ontario, Canada Bolide Meteor 9NOV2011 Video Re-Post 17NOV2011

Dryden, Ontario, Canada Bolide Meteor - Most recent major meteor event

Security Camera video of Ontario 9NOV3011 bolide. Video supplied by reader. NO Copy Allowed

For those of you that missed reading and seeing the video.  Please help by getting the word out to the press and public in Canada about this major meteor event.
original posting with sighting reports: http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2011/11/dryden-ontario-meteor-9nov2011.html

Auckland, New Zealand Meteor 17NOV2011

Auckland, New Zealand Meteor 23:00 NZT 17NOV2011
I saw a meteor travelling north over Auckland 17th Nov 2300nzt ,viewed from West Auckland lasting 4-5 secs.Starting from a dim white light ,Tail increasing with size ,turning yellowy gold into solid Green-Blue led type light !then a white flash as tail splits into two separate yellowy gold tails & fading .Thanks -Chris Thank you Chris!

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Johannesburg, South Africa Meteor 16NOV2011

Johannesburg, South Africa Meteor ~8:00 pm 16NOV2011
At about 8pm on 16NOV2011 in Johannesburg, South Africa, saw an incredible Bright white - almost yellowish I would say... Just very very bright.meteor? shooting star? something... very bright light, in what may have been the eastern part of the sky. Have seen many shooting stars but nothing so spectacular - and in the middle of a city, with loads of ambient light. What was this?? We thought maybe a satellite burning up on re-entry? Or perhaps a bit of the Leonid meteor shower that arrived 'early'?! Thoughts and info would be really appreciated! Best wishes, Jane  Thank you Jane!

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Michigan / Illinois / Iowa Meteor 16NOV2011

Saint Joseph, Michigan Meteor ~5:55 pm 16NOV2011
5:55 pm saint joseph michigan - 11-16-11 I saw a fireball coming down that burnt up above my car traveling on Marquette Woods Road/M63.  I was going to pick up my son on Glenlord 5 miles away and he stated he also saw one going in the opposite direction of mine at the same time. -Becky  Thank you Becky!

M43 driving back from Kalamazoo to South Haven, Michigan  5:58 pm EST
My daughter and I were on M43 driving back from Kalamazoo to South Haven and saw the same thing. We couldn't believe how beautiful it was and how long it lasted (4-5 seconds) bright blue, green and yellow fire. Looked like it was headed straight in front of our car too. Thanks for posting so we could confirm our sighting. -DLT  Thank you DLT!

I-94 near mile marker 92 between Battle Creek and Kalamazoo, Michigan

I saw a fireball in the western sky in Southwest Michigan last night just before 6 pm eastern time. I was driving West on I-94 near mile marker 92 between Battle Creek and Kalamazoo. The ball was quite bright and red like a flare and it faded fast. It looked like it was traveling down, but maybe West as well.-Marcie Thank you Marcie!

Schoolcraft, Michigan approx. 6pm EST 16Nov2011
I think I saw the fireball reported by Becky in Saint Joseph. My wife and I were sitting outside having a glass of wine (in the cold), and I saw a green fireball. It was to my west, and rather than travel across the sky from my perspective, it seemed to travel straight down. It must have been a bright one because the sky was still in sunset. It only lasted long enough for me to say “look, look, look” as fast as I could. -Craig Thank you Craig!

Dorchester, IA Green Meteor  5:05 pm CST 16NOV2011
My Down's Syndrome son and I were taking our daily evening walk at 5:00 pm. It was twilight so the sky was not dark but I could see one bright star looking East. I turned to check on my son and when I turned back I saw a bright sparkily green ball with a long multicolored tail that tappered to a point. It quickly disappeared at a 45 degree angle behind the trees on the bluff. It seemed very low and close. It was the size of a full moon. It lasted about 1-2 seconds. I thought "Did I just see that?" It's the first thing like this I have ever seen in my 64 yrs. I'm very happy I had this privalage. It was beautiful!!!! Wish I could have looked at it longer. -Carol P.  Thank you Carol!

Bradley, Illinois Meteor ~5:00 pm CST 16NOV2011
I was jogging outside in Bradley, Illinois on Wednesday (November 16th) at around 5 PM central time and saw a large meteor to the north of me. It was very brilliant, as it was visible through cloud cover. -Eric H. Thank you Eric!

Kouts, IN  Meteor ~5:00 pm CST 16NOV2011
I was in Kouts, IN finishing up duck hunting around 5 pm CDT and I looked into northwest sky and saw a greenish yellow glow streaking across the sky. I saw it for approximately 3 seconds before it burnt up. Never have I ever seen a meteor this size and with this much color. Josh Elder  

Thank you Josh!


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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 17NOV2011

Leonid Meteor Shower « CBS Minnesota
The annual Leonid Meteor shower peaks out tonight but especially Thursday morning between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m..
minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/11/16/leonid-meteor-shower/


Leonid meteor shower set to peak Technology & science Space Space ...
When the Earth passes through a cloud of debris, it sometimes produces displays known as meteorshowers. One famous annual shower, known as the Leonids, ...
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/.../ns/technology_and_science-space/


Largest pallasite meteorite on display at TJC
KLTV
TYLER, TX (KLTV) - Weighing in at 1430 pounds, the world's largest oriented pallasite meteorite fell to Earth about 10000 years ago and was excavated from a field in rural Kansas in October 2005. The Brenham meteorite, named for the Kansas town where ...


Prime viewing ahead for Leonid meteor shower
USA Today
By Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY Sky watchers will have two good times Thursday and Friday night to view this year's Leonid meteor shower in the USA. On both days, just around midnight and at around 3 am local time, those who stay up should be rewarded ... 

UFO spotted in Seattle what was it?
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
The Seattle Astronomical Society told the Times that several pieces of space junk passed over Seattle Tuesday night — a military satellite and two Soviet rockets. It's also possible that the UFO was a meteor since the Leonid shower peaks Thursday. ...

Lights in night sky puzzle Puget Sound residents
KING5.com
The Federal Aviation Administration says it wasn't a plane. The National Weather Service says it wasn't weather related. He didn't think the bright objects were meteors, which are certainly fast but not terribly bright. The Leonid meteor shower was ...


Moon May Outshine Leonid Meteor Shower Peak Tonight
Space.com
by Denise Chow, SPACE.com Staff Writer The Leonid meteor shower peaks tonight (Nov. 17), but bright moonlight is threatening to wash out this year's light display. The annual Leonid meteorshower is expected to reach peak activity tonight at ...


Join astronomers for lecture series
YorkRegion.com
The Leonids meteor shower of mid-November is generally not remarkable, generating just onemeteor every four or five minutes. But every 33 years, it undergoes a transformation. On some occasions, such as in 1833 and 1966, it became spectacular, ...


Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Hawley, Texas SW ...
By LunarMeteorite*Hunter
Hawley, Texas SW Horizon Fireball Meteor Capture 03:35 AM 16NOV2011 - Hawley, TX Sentinel Allsky -Kevin Palivec Any sighting reports? Date and Time of event? Location name (town,city) where you were when saw the meteor? Start and ...
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News


Leonid Meteor Shower 2011: Annual Celestial Light Show Peaks This Week
Huffington Post
The annual Leonid meteor shower is scheduled to hit its peak on Thursday night. But unfortunately, the stars are not aligned (sorry, we couldn't resist) for the best viewing. Here's why: A meteorshower occurs when Earth passes through debris left by a ...


Record meteorite on display at TJC
KYTX
By Anthony Austin - email EAST TEXAS (KYTX) -- It may look like a big rock to you, but what you're looking at is a very rare pallasite meteorite. "I think it's just amazing for it to be here, for us to experience," Grace Community School student Lexie ...

Villavicencio, Columbia Bolide Meteor Fireball 16NOV2011

Villavicencio, Columbia Bolide Meteor Fireball ~6:30-6:40 pm local 16NOV2011

About 6:30 - 6:40 pm at 4 12' North 73 34' West, we (me and my wife) saw a VERY large whitish meteor (unidentified object) falling, flying from North (litle/about 10-20 degrees to the northwest) to south (southeast). It was white in color, no tail, I could swear it was like a small rectangle with rounded edges, which makes me think it could have been a falling satellite or rocket stage, or some reentry craft. The fact I could distinguish an actual form, and not just a falling dot or dash in the sky shows how large it had to be. May be 1/10~1/15 of a full moon. Anyway we couldn't see it fall till the end, because of a tree blocking the view at the end. I have seen a lot of falling stars (meteorites) in my life, never one as bright and strange as this. It definitely wasn't a plane or something atmospheric, because it was moving too fast. Haven't read about any special tests. The Phobos Grunt mission is still in orbit. So actually I'm a little baffled. Any news on what it actually was would be very interesting to us. -Linas  Thank you Linas!

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Hawley, Texas SW Horizon Fireball Meteor 16NOV2011

Hawley, Texas SW Horizon Fireball Meteor 03:35 AM 16NOV2011

Hawley, Texas SW Horizon Fireball Meteor 03:35 AM 16NOV2011
/ Hawley, TX Sentinel Allsky -Kevin Palivec

Hawley, Texas SW Horizon Fireball Meteor Capture 03:35 AM 16NOV2011 
- Hawley, TX Sentinel Allsky -Kevin Palivec

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Melbourne, Australia Meteor 16NOV2011

Melbourne, Australia Meteor ~9:20 pm 16NOV2011
Good evening, About 9:20ish pm tonight 16-11-2011 I saw a what I think was a meteor, very large & fast moving- bright white-yellow, in the south western sky. I'm in Melbourne Australia.
I went inside for maybe 5-10 minutes & went to see if I was nuts...and gone! I tried to find it- with naked eyes, I think it travelled north east.-Samantha  Thank you Samantha!


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Muscatine, Iowa , USA Meteor 16NOV2011

Muscatine, Iowa , USA Meteor 3:00 am CST 16NOV2011
Driving toward the east I saw a shooting star with a green tail in the eastern sky shooting straight down. It lasted for just 1 second with a flash at the end. – Mark H.


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Sidney, BC, Canada / Enumclaw, Washington Bolide Meteor Fireball 15NOV2011

Sidney, BC, Canada Meteor 19:50 15NOV2011
We saw a fireball speed across the sky in a S to S/E direction. In the direction of the ocean and Sidney Spit. It was bright orange and red and sped low across the sky. -Michael F. Thank you Michael!

Abbotsford, British Columbia Canada Meteor 7:40 pm PST 15NOV2011
I saw a big fireball fall to the earth at about 7:40pm it looked like it was a burning plane for a second it was so big!! Looked like it would have touched down just on the US border;it would have landed near Washington US border it was orange and white, i was in South Langley on 248th Street when i saw it ...robyn  Thank you Robyn!

Victoria, BC Canada Meteor 7:38 PST 15NOV2011
At 7:38 pm on Tuesday, November 15th, I watched a large whitish blue fireball cross the sky almost horizontally from north west to south east. It lasted about 5 seconds and then completely disappeared. At first it looked like a large shining satellite and then grew larger and brighter like a welder's torch. The size of the light before it disappeared was as big as a streetlight from about 300 feet. It was beautiful, astonishing and strange all at once. We thought it may have been space junk burning up.-Pauline James  Thank you Pauline!

Enumclaw, Washington Fireball Meteor ~7:55 pm PST 15NOV2011
Saw the fireball last night, Nov. 15, 2011 at about 7:55pm. It was huge and VERY close! The colors were greens, blues, oranges, white, reds and a purple color; and the tail was the same colors and was almost as wide as the fireball itself. It was headed in a southeasterly direction. I couldn't hear anything but every single dog around was barking - they must have been able to hear something. A friend Facebooked me and said she saw it over Richland, Washington as well.  We live in Enumclaw, Washington (just outside Seattle) and I saw a HUGE fireball with a long tail shooting across the sky in a southeasterly direction. It was awesome and a bit scary, way too close! I've never seen anything like it! I'm so excited about seeing it - glad I was outside at the right time! Does anyone know where it hit?
I saw something similar back in 1989 while living in Sun Valley, Idaho. It wasn't this big, or close though. AWESOME!!!!-Dee Ann  Thank you Dee Ann!


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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 16NOV2011

Western Ontario 09 Nov 2011 0936 UTC 
by mfries01
We've got a significant meteor, possibly also a significant meteorite fall: http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2011/11/dryden-ontario-meteor-9nov2011.html I'm quite impressed with the video. The meteor is slow-moving, long-lasting, and has produced an obvious trail of material. Radar is interesting as well: If the upload worked, this should be an animated gif showing radar data from the Canadian national weather network. [...] (Dryden, Ontario Event with video 9NOV2011) Read more of this post


November Issue of Meteorite Times now up

The November issue of Meteorite Times is now up.
The following URL gives access to the Web Browser View, Flash Magazine View, and Mobile PDF.
http://www.meteorite-times.com/monthly-issues/
This page also has an easy way to view all of the "Mag View" issues in the "Archives" section of the page.
http://issuu.com/meteorite-times/docs
Enjoy!-Paul and Jim

Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks on Thursday
Space.com
But when the Earth passes through a cloud of debris, it sometimes produces displays known asmeteor showers. A famous annual shower known as the Leonids is set to peak Thursday night (Nov. 17). Unlike rain showers, meteor showers are not concentrated. ...


It's a bird, a plane, a UFO … or maybe just meteors
The Seattle Times (blog)
... wasn't making a pass at the time people called. “There's a lot of junk up there,” he said. He didn't think the bright objects were meteors, which are certainly fast but not terribly bright. The Leonidmeteor shower was expected to peak Thursday night.


Historically impressive meteor shower this week
KOLD-TV
AP Entertainment News Video By Erin Jordan - bio | email Astronomy Live says the peak number of meteors hitting the atmosphere will be at 5:04 AM on Friday. With forecasted clear skies and sunrise holding off until 6:55 AM, there is a good chance to ...

Sky Show Thursday: Leonid Meteor Shower to Peak National Geographic "The quarter-phase moon"—when the lunar disk appears half dark—"will interfere withmeteor watching this year," said Ben Burress, staff astronomer at the Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland, California. "But since [the moon] won't rise until ... Jordan to witness meteor shower Friday Petra News Agency Amman, Nov 15 (Petra) -- Intense Leonid meteor showers hit Jordan at dawn on Friday at a rate of roughly 30 objects an hour, according to astronomers. Leonids are bits of debris from Comet Tempel-Tuttle, which visits the inner solar system every 33 ...

Ontario, Canada Meteor 15NOV2011

Belle River, Ontario, Canada Meteor ~11:50 PM EST 15NOV2011
I saw a meteor tonight (november 15) around 1150pm west of Belle River Road just before County Road 42. Meteor was heading south to north. It was pretty low to the ground and quite bright, sort of mustard yellow. It travelled quite fast, Im happy I was paying attention. -Kelly  Thank you Kelly!

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BC / Alberta, Canada Meteor Fireball 15NOV2011

Acheson, Alberta, Canada Meteor Fireball ~6:30 PM MST 15NOV2011
I saw a fireball fall from the sky just east of Acheson just North of the highway between Edmonton and Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada. It was around 6:30 pm this evening - Nov. 15th. -Jenna P.  Thank you Jenna!

Ardrossen, Alberta, Canada Meteor Fireball ~6:30 pm MST 15NOV2011
We were travelling westbound on the Yellowhead highway towards Edmonton at approx. 6:30 pm Nov. 15 and saw a streak of bright light with a fireball. Location was near Ardrossen, and the light was travelling from SW to NE. The fireball was triangular shaped with a glowing white light on the upper part and indigo blue light on the backside. It lasted about 3 seconds.
Darlene J.  Thank you Darlene!

Golden, BC, Canada Large Green Fireball ~6:30 pm MST 15NOV2011
My name is James and I am from Golden, BC (canada) at 6:30pm MST November 15th I spotted a large fireball that went from east to west with a small trail.- James  Thank you James!



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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 15NOV2011

The Great Leonid Meteor Storm of 1966 - Technology & science ...
The annual Leonid meteor shower will peak this week, and every year, skywatchers hope to catch stunning displays of ultrafast meteors streak across the sky.
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../how-i-missed-great-leonid-meteor-st...


Meteor Showers - Southeast Ohio Astronomical Society
Meteor Showers. Leonid Meteor Shower. November 17/18. This is the time of year for raking leaves, finding the perfect turkey, and watching the Leonid Meteor ...
athensastronomy.org/meteor-showers/


Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks – November 1719 2011
Are you ready for a good, predictable meteor shower? Then break out your favorite skywatching gear because the 2011 Leonid meteor shower is already ...
www.universetoday.com/.../leonid-meteor-shower-peaks-nove...


10 most popular skywatching misconceptions explained
msnbc.com
A mountain top above the clouds and lights of Romania served as a good spot for astrophotographer Alex Tudorica to watch the 2008 Perseid meteor shower. This composite picture from one of the highest points in Romania, the Omu summit in the Southern ...

Space Geeks Unite! Out-of-This-World Objects Land at NYC Museum Saturday
Space.com
Objects ranging from space garbage to spacesuits, a Mars meteorite, a space shuttle bolt and more are being gathered for the museum's new temporary exhibition, "Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration," which opens to the public Nov. 19. ...

Shooting Star Reflections: The Great Leonid Meteor Storm of 1966
Space.com
by Joe Rao, SPACE.com Skywatching Columnist The annual Leonid meteor shower will peak this week, and every year, skywatchers hope to catch stunning displays of ultrafast meteors streak across the sky. This year is no different, but it comes on a ...

Most Popular Skywatching Misconceptions Explained
Space.com
Here's my own personal list of ten, in no particular order: When an announcement is made through the news media about an upcoming meteor shower, it likely will conjure up visions in the minds of many of a sky filled with meteors pouring out of the sky ...

Muskö, Sweden Meteor 14NOV2011

Muskö, Sweden Meteor 20:59 14NOV2011
-Petra S  Thank you Petra!  Any more details?

Ljugarn, Gotland, Sweden Bright Green Meteor 21:00 14NOV2011
West sky, moving 30* parrallell to the Earth from south to north.
Green strong light visible 3-5 seconds. It was super cool! /Ragnar  Thank you Ragnar!

Trollhättan, Sweden Meteor 21:01
// Peter Sandblom  Thank you Peter!  Any more details?


Anderstorp, Sweden
Around 21.00 I spotted a bright, green light. It was travelling very fast and was only visible for a couple of seconds.-Emmeline Klingvall, Anderstorp, Sweden  Thank you Emmeline!

Växjö, Sweden
I saw this light yesterday, wasn't sure what it was.
I have seen a meteor before in my life, but since it's also nearing the end of the year, for all I knew it could have been fireworks...
But fireworks are usualy close when you see them, so then I would have heard something. And the strange thing was it only moving verticaly down. (or horizontal in the direction I was looking in, Beeing 10 degrees off East direction.
How do I explain... There is this street running almost perfectly West-East, determaned by the North star. When looking in the East direction, it was about 10 degrees towards the south. So in between East and South-East so to say....
It looked as if it was going perfectly verticaly down. It was bright white. As bright as the moon was yesterday... (we had a clear sky.) We were watching Jupiter for once, since it haddnt been a clear sky for a while, and I just recently got a telescope. So we tried it out. Later on the group moved to an other spot looking at the moon. I was picking up something from a friend of mine. When walking back, I checked my phone for the time immidiatly when i saw it, Though I sort of forgot the time, But it was around 21:30. At least later than 21:22 because I called my friend when i was at his place, because his lights were of, And i diddnt wanne go up 3 stories to knock and find out that he wasn't home.  I was in for perhaps 5 min, went out again, walked back. And then I saw it.
I quickly took a print screen from Google Maps, The red dot beeing me, I live on Campus, And I'm pretty sure about my position at that time, Cause I remember looking at other people that were talking whether they had seen it as well. So therfore I know my position cause of that memory... Also the angle, I saw it go behind the University, But on the part where you're looking at the side of it. So lenghtwise speaking... My appologies for not being able to explain this is the most straight forward English. Comparing to what the other people from, someone from Gotland saw it on the Western sky, that means that It was somewhere between us... To get back to the storie, my friend were watching at the moon when I got back, basically almost in the same diretion as the meteor occurred, but no one has seen in..... It was to the right of the moon and therefore perhaps just out of sight, behind the building I live it. I hope my info is helpful. Good luck to you all and in your search. And thanks for letting me know that what I saw was indeed a meteor :D With Kind Regards, Friso,
International Student at Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden, But from The Netherlands.Thank you Friso!


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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!

Sacramento, CA Meteor 14NOV2011

Sacramento, California Meteor 06:15 AM 14NOV2011
I was driving to work this morning at 0615, heading East on Arden Way in Sacramento, CA. The Sun was just starting to rise, and the sky was violet blue. There was a streak of brillant light in the North, heading North. It was very bright (much brighter than Venus), and cast off several glittering sparkles, almost like a Fourth of July sparkler. It lasted for 2 - 4 seconds. Anyone else see it in Northern California? Regards, Marcie A.  Thank you Marcie!
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Corona, California Bright Fireball 14NOV2011

Corona, CA Bright Fireball 03:00 am PST 14NOV2011
Corona, CA 0300 +/- 5 minutes November 14, 2011
Very bright white fireball with blue green tint viewed from overhead, possibly from the West, falling towards the East. Left greenish trail. Duration, about 1.5 seconds. Observation was at last part of fall towards the East.-Jim Lauffer  Thank you Jim!

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BC/ Calgary, Alberta Canada Meteor 14NOV2011

Calgary, Alberta Canada Meteor 7:20AM MST 14NOV2011
Fireball bright orange lasting only about 3 seconds travelling from south to north, I was in the North West quadrant of Calgary Alberta Canada .-Teri-Lynn  Thank you Teri-Lynn!

Surrey, BC, Canada Meteor ~6:02am - 6:05am PST 14NOV2011
NNW while traveling N on 176 Ave towards Cloverdale, BC Extremely short streak and a detonation. Very cool to see. -Klayton  Thank you Klayton!

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Illinois / Wisconsin Lime Green Meteor Fireball 13NOV2011

Morris, IL Lime Green Meteor Fireball ~9:50 PM CST 13NOV2011
I noticed a lime green ball of light with a thick tail in the sky around 9:50pm central time on November 13, 2011. I was in Morris, IL on airport road, heading east. The fireball was heading west to east in a diagonal direction. The light was extremely bright and the falling object was rather large. The light lasted for 2-5 seconds. The tail disappeared in a sparkling type fashion. It didn't appear to look like regular "shooting stars". It was pretty incredible to see. No noises were heard and it didn't seem to appear in a flash. It was about 50km in the sky and dropped to apr 30km.
Thanks, Meaghan from Morris, IL  Thank you Meaghan!

Wheaton, Illinois Meteor 9:52 pm 13NOV2011
On 11/13/11 9:52 pm CST in southern Wheaton, Illinois - a white ball of light heading in a eastern, slightly southern, direction; lasted approx. 2 secs from my view through my glass balcony door. No sound or flash noticed.-Krista  Thank you Krista!

Milwaukee, WI Meteor ~9:30 13NOV2011
I live in Milwaukee, WI and last night at approx 9:30 PM my sister and I witnessed what appeared to be a meteor traveling in a southeastern direction toward Chicago. We didn't spot it until it was about 20-30 degrees above the horizon, it was extremely bright, with a yellow-greenish color and a very long trail behind it. I would say it lasted about 4-5 seconds before disappearing over the horizon, it did appear as though some pieces broke off just as it got above the horizon. Incredible sight!-Matt Fridley  Thank you Matt!

Milwaukee, WI

I also saw the meteor reported by two observers in IL. I'm in Milwaukee. It was the brightest thing in the SE sky, fell about 2 seconds, mostly down, slightly to the east, at 9:52 p.m. I did not detect, as previous poster did, a lime green color. Just very bright, with a thick tail. No sound. This is the second biggest I've ever seen (biggest during the Perseid shower in summer 2009).
Peggy  Thank you Peggy!

Chicago, Illinois

Hello, I also saw a very large, very bright meteor southeast of Chicago heading northeast from a southwestern direction. I was located near 1-57 and 119th St in Chicago. The light was larger than the airplane's headlight that it barely missed. The time was a little before 10pm (a few minutes before the nightly testing of the air sirens). The meteor was the brightest I have ever seen, the largest by far (like I said, at least three times as large as the approaching airplane headlight that was about 10 miles from landing at midway airport), and had a very long tail that ended with a firework like finish (sparkly). It lasted for a relatively long time as well (about 3 seconds). It was pretty amazing, but so close that I looked for a while to make sure it did not hit any approaching aircraft since the timing (the ten o'clock bank) and proximity to the approaching air route made that a possibility. The next approaching plane I saw had banked to the east, possibly to avoid it if the pilot saw it coming. Again, this was a very spectacular and large meteor. It seemed to be more than simply a 'falling star' though I did make a mighty wish!!-Candyla B  Thank you Candyla!

Glen Ellyn, Illinois

Read a few posts about this object so thought I would share what I saw last night:
I am in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, and saw a large glowing object descending eastward, at approximately 9:50 pm, lasting for about 3 - 5 seconds. This ball of light appeared bluish in color from my perspective, with a whitish glow around it, then dissapeared. This object did not streak in a similar manner as meteors I have seen in the past. It was unusual as it was much bigger and brighter. Amazing sight! ~lisa  Thank you Lisa!

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Al Nadha Area, Dubai, UAE. Meteor 13NOV2011

Al Nadha Area, Dubai, UAE. Meteor 22:50 13NOV2011
I was sitting in my balcony today Nov 13 2011 at about 2250 hrs at Al Nadha Area, Dubai, UAE. and I was looking at the clear moon light sky and I saw a streak of light, I wonder if this was a meteor, which came burning down entering the atmosphere. As the trajectory was too high and curvature too streamlined for anything else even a fire cracker or something. It just streaked and extinguished in the sky. It was there for count of 5 or that is all I saw the very end of the streak. I was browsing the web on whether someone else had any sightings and ended up on your webpage. Cheers, Manoj Mahendran  Thank you Manoj!


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